19 Bible Verses about Adults

Let no one slight you because you are a youth, but set the believers an example of speech, behaviour, love, faith, and purity.

No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

Whatever be your task, work at it heartily, as servants of the Lord and not of men;

Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you; I give it not as the world gives its 'Peace!' Let not your hearts be disquieted or timid.

Keep your life free from the love of money; be content with what you have, for He has said, Never will I fail you, never will I forsake you.

Never censure an older man harshly; appeal to him as a father. Treat younger men like brothers, older women like mothers, younger women like sisters ??with perfect propriety.

be kind to each other, be tender-hearted, be generous to each other as God has been generous to you in Christ.

But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity, gentleness, self-control: ??there is no law against those who practise such things.

I have said all this to you that in me you may have peace; in the world you have trouble, but courage! I have conquered the world.

he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more ??no more wailing or crying or pain, for the first things have passed away."

and apart from faith it is impossible to satisfy him, for the man who draws near to God must believe that he exists and that he does reward those who seek him.

It is quite enough to have done as pagans choose to do, during the time gone by! You used to lead lives of sensuality, lust, carousing, revelry, dissipation and illicit idolatry,

So shun the lusts of youth and aim at integrity, faith, love and peace, in the company of those who invoke the Lord out of a pure heart. Shut your mind against foolish, popular controversy; be sure that only breeds strife. And the Lord's servant must not be a man of strife; he must be kind to everybody, a skilled teacher, a man who will not resent injuries;read more.
he must be gentle in his admonitions to the opposition ??God may perhaps let them change their mind and admit the Truth;

let us live decorously as in the open light of day ??no revelry or bouts of drinking, no debauchery or sensuality, no quarrelling or jealousy.

for God has not given us a timid spirit but a spirit of power and love and discipline.

Do you not know your body is the temple of the holy Spirit within you ??the Spirit you have received from God? You are not your own, you were bought for a price; then glorify God with your body.

never acting for private ends or from vanity, but humbly considering each other the better man,

(for I have to lead my life in faith, without seeing him):

not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,