Deuteronomy 6:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

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"Now these are the commands, decrees, and ordinances that the LORD commanded me to teach you. Obey them in the land you are entering to possess,

"If you carefully observe the commands that I'm giving you today, to love the LORD your God and serve him with all your heart and soul,

There the LORD presented to them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them. He said, "If you will carefully obey the LORD your God, do what he sees to be right, listen to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then I won't inflict on you all the diseases that I inflicted on the Egyptians, because I am the LORD your healer."

You have commanded concerning your precepts, that they be guarded with diligence.

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.

This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have put their faith in God may devote themselves to good actions. These things are good and helpful to other people.

But we want each of you to continue to be diligent to the very end, in order to give full assurance to your hope.

For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,

So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to have the Lord find you at peace and without spot or fault.