Romans 6:21
what benefit had you then in those things whereof you are now ashamed? since they terminated all in death.
2 Timothy 1:9
who has saved us, and by the gospel hath called us to holiness, not in consideration of our works, but in pursuance of his own resolution, and the favour, which having been promised us by Jesus Christ several ages ago,
Titus 3:3-6
for even we ourselves were once inconsiderate, disobedient, deluded, addicted to variety of passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, the deserving objects of mutual hatred.
1 Peter 4:2-3
so that for the future he does not pass the rest of this life in gratifying his sensual passions, but in conformity to the divine precepts.