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Behaviour » Behaviour, exhortations concerning
doth not behave herself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, maketh no account of an injury,
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so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ,
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For ye yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us; for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you,
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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;
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that aged women likewise be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,
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Christian conduct » Behaviour, exhortations concerning
doth not behave herself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, maketh no account of an injury,
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so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ,
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For ye yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us; for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you,
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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;
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that aged women likewise be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,
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Christian conduct » Harmlessness
that ye may be blameless and pure, children of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world,
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Lo! I send you forth as sheep into the midst of wolves. Be therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ,
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For your obedience hath become known to all. Over you, then, I rejoice; but I would have you wise as to that which is good, and simple as to that which is evil.
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For such a highpriest also became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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Grace of God » Growth in
being confident of this very thing, that he who began in you a good work, will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus;
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night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may supply that which is lacking in your faith?
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and not holding fast the Head, from which the whole body, supported and compacted by means of the joints and ligaments, groweth with an increase wrought by God.
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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, both now and for ever.
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We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, as is fit, because your faith increaseth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each ether aboundeth;
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And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all discernment; so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ, being filled with the fruit of righteousness which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Not that I have already obtained, or have been already perfected; but I press on, if I may also lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ. Brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold of it; but one thing I do, forgetting the things that are behind, and stretching forth to the things that are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus. read more.
Let us, therefore, as many as are perfect, be of this mind; and if ye have a different mind in anything, even this will God reveal to you.
Let us, therefore, as many as are perfect, be of this mind; and if ye have a different mind in anything, even this will God reveal to you.
that ye may walk worthily of the Lord so as to please him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; endued with all power according to the might of his glory unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
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and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all, even as we do in love toward you; in order that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before God, our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones.
Let us then, leaving the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, press on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of the laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of everlasting judgment. And this we will do, if God permit.
Laying aside therefore all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all slander, as newborn babes, desire the spiritual, pure milk, that ye may grow thereby to salvation; if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Offence » Saints should » Be without
so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ,
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Religion » Examples of piety » Sincerity a mark of
so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ,
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So then let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and the sincerity which is of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.
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For we are not as the many, who adulterate the word of God; but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
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in all things showing thyself a pattern of good works, in teaching showing uncorruptness, gravity,
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My children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
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Sincerity » Pray for, on behalf of others
so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ,
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Sincerity » Prayer for, on behalf of others
so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ,
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Tact » Paul » In turning the preaching of his adversaries to advantage
so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ, being filled with the fruit of righteousness which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. But I wish you to know, brethren, that things with me have resulted in the furtherance of the gospel; read more.
so that my bonds have become known in connection with Christ in the whole camp of the imperial guards, and to all the rest; and that the great part of the brethren, made confident in the Lord by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from good will. They who are of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel; but they who are of a factious spirit preach Christ with no pure intent, thinking to stir up affliction to my bonds. What then? Notwithstanding, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and therein do I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice. For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so also now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if to live in the flesh, if this is to me the fruit of my labor, then what I should choose, I cannot say;
so that my bonds have become known in connection with Christ in the whole camp of the imperial guards, and to all the rest; and that the great part of the brethren, made confident in the Lord by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from good will. They who are of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel; but they who are of a factious spirit preach Christ with no pure intent, thinking to stir up affliction to my bonds. What then? Notwithstanding, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and therein do I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice. For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so also now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if to live in the flesh, if this is to me the fruit of my labor, then what I should choose, I cannot say;
True religion » Examples of piety » Sincerity a mark of
so that ye may approve the things that are most excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence against the day of Christ,
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So then let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and the sincerity which is of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.
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For we are not as the many, who adulterate the word of God; but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
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in all things showing thyself a pattern of good works, in teaching showing uncorruptness, gravity,
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My children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
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