Titus 2:12
leading us to renounce irreligious ways and worldly ambitions, and to live discreet, upright, and religious lives here in this present world,
Romans 6:19
I can but speak as men do because of the weakness of your earthly nature. Once you offered every part of your bodies to the service of impurity, and of wickedness, which leads to further wickedness. Now, in the same way, offer them to the service of Righteousness, which leads to holiness.
2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all who aim at living a religious life in union with Christ Jesus will have to suffer persecution;
Matthew 3:8-10
Let your life, then, prove your repentance;
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples: "If any man wishes to walk in my steps, let him renounce self, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Luke 1:75
And should serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness, In his presence all our days.
Matthew 5:19-20
Whoever, therefore, breaks one of these commandments, even the least of them, and teaches others to do so, will be the least- esteemed in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever keeps them, and teaches others to do so, will be esteemed great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 28:20
And teaching them to lay to heart all the commands that I have given you; and, remember, I myself am with you every day until the close of the age."
Luke 1:6
They were both righteous people, who lived blameless lives, guiding their steps by all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
Luke 3:9-13
Already, indeed, the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."
John 6:25
And, when they found him on the other side of the Sea, they said: "When did you get here, Rabbi?"
John 14:30
I shall not talk with you much more, for the Spirit that is ruling the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me;
John 17:14-15
I have given them thy Message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.
Acts 24:16
This being so, I strive at all times to keep my conscience clear before both God and man.
Acts 24:25
But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him--"Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again."
Romans 6:4-6
Consequently, through sharing his death in our baptism, we were buried with him; that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by a manifestation of the Father's power, so we also may live a new Life.
Romans 6:12
Therefore do not let Sin reign in your mortal bodies and compel you to obey its cravings.
Romans 8:13
If you live in obedience to your earthly nature, you will inevitably die; but if, by the power of the Spirit, you put an end to the evil habits of the body, you will live.
Romans 12:2
Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.
Romans 13:12-13
The night is almost gone; the day is near. Therefore let us have done with the deeds of Darkness, and arm ourselves with the weapons of Light.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do not you know that wrong-doers will have no share in God's Kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sodomite,
2 Corinthians 1:12
Indeed, our main ground for satisfaction is this--Our conscience tells us that our conduct in the world, and still more in our relations with you, was marked by a purity of motive and a sincerity that were inspired by God, and was based, not on worldly policy, but on the help of God.
2 Corinthians 7:1
With these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that pollutes either body or spirit, and, in deepest reverence for God, aim at perfect holiness.
Galatians 1:4
Gave himself for our sins, in accordance with the will of God and Father,
Galatians 5:24
And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.
Ephesians 1:4
For he chose us in our union with Christ before the creation of the universe, that we might be holy and blameless in his sight, living in the spirit of love.
Ephesians 2:2
For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the Powers of the air--the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient.
Ephesians 4:22-25
For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;
Colossians 1:22
But now he has reconciled you to himself by the sacrifice of Christ's earthly body in death--it has pleased God that you should stand in his presence holy, pure, and blameless,
Colossians 3:5-9
Therefore destroy all that is earthly in you--immorality, uncleanness, passions, evil desires, and that greed which is idolatry.
1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God's Call to us does not permit of an impure life, but demands purity.
1 Thessalonians 4:9
As to love for the Brethren there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another;
1 Timothy 4:12
Do not let any one look down on you because you are young, but, by your conversation, your conduct, your love, your faith, and your purity, be an example to those who hold the Faith.
1 Timothy 6:17
Urge upon those who are wealthy in this life not to pride themselves, or fix their hopes, on so uncertain a thing as wealth, but on God, who gives us a wealth of enjoyment on every side.
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas, in his love for the world, has deserted me. He has gone to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
Titus 3:3
There was, you remember, a time when we ourselves were foolish, disobedient, misled, slaves to all kinds of passions and vices, living in a spirit of malice and envy, detested ourselves and hating one another.
Hebrews 8:11
There shall be no need for every man to instruct his fellow-citizen, or for a man to say to his Brother 'Learn to know the Lord'; For every one will know me, From the lowest to the highest.
James 4:8-10
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Make your hands clean, you sinners; and your hearts pure, you vacillating men!
1 Peter 1:14-18
Be like obedient children; do not let your lives be shaped by the passions which once swayed you in the days of your ignorance,
1 Peter 2:11-12
Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul.
1 Peter 4:2-5
and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.
2 Peter 1:4-8
For it was through this that he gave us what we prize as the greatest of his promises, that through them you might participate in the divine nature, now that you have fled from the corruption in the world, resulting from human passions.
2 Peter 2:9
The Lord, therefore, knows how to deliver the pious from temptation, and to keep the wicked, who are even now suffering punishment, in readiness for 'the Day of Judgment'--
2 Peter 2:20-22
If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.
2 Peter 3:11
Now, since all these things are in the process of dissolution, think what you yourselves ought to be--what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,
1 John 2:6
He who professes to maintain union with God is himself bound to live as Christ lived.
1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him;
1 John 2:27
But you--you still retain in your hears that consecration which you received from the Christ, and are not in need of any one to teach you; but, since his consecration of you teaches you about everything, and since it is a real consecration, and no lie, then, as it has taught you, maintain your union with him.
1 John 5:19
We realize that we come from God, while all the world is under the influence of the Evil One.
Jude 1:18
how they used to say to you-- 'As time draws to an end, there will be scoffers, who will be led by their godless passions.'
Revelation 14:12
(Here there is need for endurance on the part of Christ's People--those who lay to heart the commands of God and the Faith of Jesus.)