John 1:47
Jesus seeing Nathanael coming, said of him, there's a true Israelite, in whom is no guile. how do you know me?
2 Corinthians 5:11
Shall I then, who know this terrible judgment of the Lord, endeavour to appease men? as for God, I am approved by him, and I trust also you are convinced of my being so approved.
Ephesians 1:4
according as he had chosen us in himself before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, free from vice, and devoted to virtue.
Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore, since we are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin which does so easily embarrass us, and let us pursue with constancy the course that is proposed to us: