Thematic Bible: Godliness
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Godliness » Profitable, general references to
Physical training is of some service, but religion is of service in every way, for it carries with it the promise of life here and hereafter.
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This is a trustworthy teaching, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who believe in God may make it their business to do good. All this is right and beneficial to mankind.
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And religion with contentment is a great means of gain.
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Godliness » Exhortations concerning
For his divine power has given us every requisite for life and piety, through our coming to know him who through his glory and excellence called us to him.
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Anyone who teaches different views and does not agree with the wholesome instruction which comes from our Lord Jesus Christ, and with religious teaching
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But you, man of God, must fly from these things. Strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
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If all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,
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training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,
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But let worldly fictions and old wives' tales alone. Train yourself for the religious life.
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First of all, then, I urge that entreaties, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for all men, for emperors and all who are in authority, so that we may live tranquil, quiet lives, with perfect piety and probity.
Godliness » The Godly
Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the uprightness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as privileged as ours; God bless you and give you perfect peace through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. For his divine power has given us every requisite for life and piety, through our coming to know him who through his glory and excellence called us to him. read more.
Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature. For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with steadfastness, steadfastness with piety, piety with a spirit of brotherhood, and the spirit of brotherhood with love. For if you have these qualities in their fulness, they will make you neither idle nor unproductive when it comes to the understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is blind or near-sighted, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his former sins. Therefore, brothers, make all the greater efforts to make God's call and choice of you certain. For if you have these qualities, you will never stumble, for then you will be triumphantly admitted to the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature. For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with steadfastness, steadfastness with piety, piety with a spirit of brotherhood, and the spirit of brotherhood with love. For if you have these qualities in their fulness, they will make you neither idle nor unproductive when it comes to the understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is blind or near-sighted, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his former sins. Therefore, brothers, make all the greater efforts to make God's call and choice of you certain. For if you have these qualities, you will never stumble, for then you will be triumphantly admitted to the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
But everyone who wants to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
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Godliness » What Godliness is profitable unto
Physical training is of some service, but religion is of service in every way, for it carries with it the promise of life here and hereafter.
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Godliness » Godliness with contentment
And religion with contentment is a great means of gain.
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Patience » Should be accompanied by » Godliness
knowledge with self-control, self-control with steadfastness, steadfastness with piety,
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