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Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ...
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Pray without ceasing,
Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.
Eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...
And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?”
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
I believed, even when I spoke, “I am greatly afflicted”;
And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: ...
And one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
Yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.
And sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.
That the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
And having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.
Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,
Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ...
But test everything; hold fast what is good.
Do not despise prophecies,
And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
Not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;
That each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,
Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble.
Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.
For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
So that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
And give no opportunity to the devil.
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.
By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission flowing from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others,
I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
And this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.
For in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,
If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.
“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. ...
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. ...
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. ...
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. ...
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...
For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship,
To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose,
And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ...
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.
So that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not the Lord.
And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Moreover, I gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not have life,
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear,
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.
For you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
A Song of Ascents. Of David. O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war!
I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts.
But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, “Great is the Lord, who delights in the welfare of his servant!”
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;
So that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people's weeping, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard far away.
But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, old men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy,
4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments that I have made for praise.”
“Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said, “shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, 6,000 shall be officers and judges,
Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have made a great mistake.”
As soon as David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.’
“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
“You shall not eat anything that has died naturally. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth
And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.
“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” ...
Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ...
For our God is a consuming fire.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. ...