Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
If thou doest well
Be accepted
Sin
Bible References
If thou doest well
Acts 10:35
but that he who reverences Him and lives a good life in any nation is welcomed by Him.
Romans 2:7
eternal life to those who by patiently doing good aim at glory, honour, and immortality,
Romans 12:1
Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite.
Romans 14:18
he who serves Christ on these lines, is acceptable to God and esteemed by men.
Romans 15:16
as a priest of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the service of God's gospel. My aim is to make the Gentiles an acceptable offering, consecrated by the holy Spirit.
Ephesians 1:6
redounding to the praise of his glorious grace bestowed on us in the Beloved,
1 Timothy 5:4
(When a widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn that the first duty of religion is to their own household, and that they should make some return to those who have brought them up. In God's sight this is an acceptable thing.)
1 Peter 2:5
come and, like living stones yourselves, be built into a spiritual house, to form a consecrated priesthood for the offering of those spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Be accepted
Hebrews 11:4
It was by faith that Abel offered God a richer sacrifice than Cain did, and thus won from God the record of being 'just,' on the score of what he gave; he died, but by his faith he is speaking to us still.
Sin
Romans 7:8
The command gave an impulse to sin, and sin resulted for me in all manner of covetous desire ??for sin, apart from law, is lifeless.
James 1:15
then Desire conceives and breeds Sin, while Sin matures and gives birth to Death.