14 Bible Verses about Christian Conduct

But you must teach people the things that properly belong to wholesome teaching. Teach the older men to be temperate, serious, and sensible??en of vigorous faith, love, and steadfastness. Teach the older women, too, to be reverent in their behavior, and not to gossip or be slaves of drink, but to be teachers of what is right, read more.
so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers, and to be sensible, pure-minded, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so as not to bring reproach on God's message. Urge the younger men, too, to be sensible. In every way set them an example of good conduct yourself. Teach with sincerity and seriousness, and present a wholesome, unobjectionable message, so that your opponent may be put to shame at finding nothing bad to say about us. Tell slaves always to obey their masters and try to please them, not to oppose them or steal from them, but to show such perfect good faith as to do credit to the teaching about God our Savior, by everything they do. For God's mercy has appeared and brought salvation to all men, training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world, while we wait for the fulfilment of our blessed hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus. He gave himself for us, to free us from all wickedness and purify for himself a people of his own, eager to do right. This is what you must teach and urge and insist upon with full authority. No one is to look down on you.

Finally, you must all be harmonious, sympathizing, loving, tender-hearted, modest, not returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse. You must bless people instead. It is for this that you were called??o obtain blessing. For "Let him who would enjoy life And see happy days, Keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from uttering deceit. read more.
Let him turn away from evil and do right, Let him seek peace and go after it. For the eyes of the Lord are upon upright men, And his ears are open to their entreaty, But the Lord's face is set against men that do wrong."

so that you will be blameless and honest, faultless children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted age, in which you appear like stars in a dark world,

A superintendent must be a man above reproach, only once married, temperate, sensible, a man of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;

as to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church; and by the Law's standard of uprightness, no fault could be found with me.

May God himself, the giver of peace, consecrate you through and through. Spirit, soul, and body, may you be kept sound, and be found irreproachable when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

Therefore, dear friends, while waiting for this, make every effort to be found by him unstained, irreproachable, and at peace.

that you avoid whatever has been sacrificed to idols, the tasting of blood and of the meat of animals that have been strangled, and immorality. Keep yourselves free from these things and you will get on well. Goodbye."

Never ordain anyone hastily; do not make yourself responsible for the sins of others; keep your life pure.

It is not rude. It does not insist on its rights. It does not become angry. It is not resentful.

so that you may have a sense of what is vital, and may be men of transparent character and blameless life, in preparation for the Day of Christ,

For you know yourselves what you must do to follow my example, for I was not idle when I was with you;

A superintendent must be a man above reproach, only once married, temperate, sensible, a man of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;

Teach the older women, too, to be reverent in their behavior, and not to gossip or be slaves of drink, but to be teachers of what is right,

If you keep my commands you will retain my love, just as I have observed the Father's commands and retain his love.

"Blessed are those who feel their spiritual need, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them! "Blessed are the mourners, for they will be consoled! "Blessed are the humble-minded, for they will possess the land! read more.
"Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for uprightness, for they will be satisfied! "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy! "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God! "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called God's sons! "Blessed are those who have endured persecution for their uprightness, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them! "Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and falsely say everything bad of you, on my account. Be glad and exult over it, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way they persecuted the prophets who went before you!

so that you will be blameless and honest, faultless children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted age, in which you appear like stars in a dark world,

"Here I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So you must be wise like serpents, and guileless like doves.

so that you may have a sense of what is vital, and may be men of transparent character and blameless life, in preparation for the Day of Christ,

Everyone has heard of your obedience, and I am very happy about you, but I want you to be wise about what is good and guileless about what is bad.

Such a high priest we needed??odly, blameless, unstained, removed from sinful men and raised above the very heavens;

Live upright lives among the heathen, so that even if they charge you with being evil-doers, they may from observing the uprightness of your conduct come to praise God on the Day of Judgment.

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set those who believe an example in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.

Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.

What wise, intelligent man is there among you? Let him show by his good life that what he does is done in the humility of wisdom.

If all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,

Be affectionate in your love for the brotherhood, eager to show one another honor,

and lead loving lives, just as Christ loved you and gave himself for you, as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Your love for the brotherhood must continue.

The command that I give you is to love one another just as I have loved you.

Now, brothers, we ask and entreat you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, to live as you learned from us that you must live, to please God??s indeed you are doing, only do it more and more.

Just as you excel in everything else??aith, expression, knowledge, perfect devotion, and the love we have awakened in you??ou must excel in this generous undertaking too.

Now, brothers, let your minds dwell on what is true, what is worthy, what is right, what is pure, what is amiable, what is kindly??n everything that is excellent or praiseworthy.

But you, man of God, must fly from these things. Strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

Take care that none of you ever pays back evil for evil, but always try to treat one another and everybody with kindness.

So since we have promises like these, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile body or spirit, and by reverence for God make our consecration complete.

So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is.

so that the man of God will be adequate, and equipped for any good work.

Live upright lives among the heathen, so that even if they charge you with being evil-doers, they may from observing the uprightness of your conduct come to praise God on the Day of Judgment.

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set those who believe an example in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.

In every way set them an example of good conduct yourself. Teach with sincerity and seriousness,

and so you have been freed from sin, and made slaves of uprightness.

He carried the burden of our sins in his own body on the cross, in order that we might die to sin and live for uprightness. By his wounds you have been healed.

We beg you, brothers, warn the idlers, cheer up the despondent, keep hold of the weak, be patient with everybody.

Bear one another's burdens, and in that way carry out the law of the Christ.

But I tell you not to resist injury, but if anyone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other to him too; and if anyone wants to sue you for your shirt, let him have your coat too. And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go two miles with him.

Having lawsuits with one another at all means your utter failure, to begin with. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be robbed?

But I beat and bruise my body and make it my slave, so that after I have called others to the contest I may not be disqualified myself.

So treat as dead your physical nature, as far as immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed are concerned; for it is really idolatry.

Now, my brothers, goodbye, and the Lord be with you. I do not mind writing the same thing over and over to you; it is necessary for your safety.

Goodbye, and the Lord be with you always. Again I say, goodbye.

Treat everyone with respect. Love the brotherhood, be reverent to God, respect the emperor.

and he died for all that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again.

if we live, we are responsible to the Lord, and if we die, we are responsible to him; so whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Therefore, let us too, with such a crowd of witnesses about us, throw off every impediment and the entanglement of sin, and run with determination the race for which we are entered,

You must clean out the old yeast and become fresh dough, free from the old as you really are. For our Passover lamb is already sacrificed; it is Christ himself.

Children, as Christians obey your parents, for that is right. "You must honor your father and mother"??hat is the first commandment accompanied with a promise??3 "so that you may prosper and have a long life on earth." You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction. read more.
You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ, not with mere external service, as though you had only men to please, but like slaves of Christ, carrying out the will of God. Do your duties heartily and willingly, as though it were for the Lord, not for men, for you know that everyone, slave or free, will be rewarded by the Lord for his good conduct.

You married women, in the same way, must be submissive to your husbands, so that any who refuse to believe the message may be won over without argument through the behavior of their wives when they see how chaste and submissive you are. You must not adopt the external attractions of arranging the hair and wearing jewelry and dress; read more.
yours must be the inner beauty of character, the imperishable attraction of a quiet and gentle spirit, which has great value in the sight of God. It was in that way in ancient times that those pious women who set their hopes on God made themselves attractive. They were submissive to their husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham, and called him Master. You are true daughters of hers, if you do right and are unafraid. You married men also must be considerate in living with your wives. You must show deference to women as the weaker sex, sharing the gift of life with you, so that there may be nothing to interfere with your prayers.

We charge you, brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives in idleness, instead of following the teaching you received from us.

You must not be avaricious; you must be content with what you have, for God himself has said, "I will never let go of you or desert you!"

Not that I have anything to complain of, for I have learned how to be contented with the condition I am in.

So follow God's example, like his dear children,

but like the holy Being who has called you, you must also prove holy in all your conduct, for the Scripture says, "You must be holy, Because I am holy."

And he said to him, " 'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'

For I have set you an example, in order that you may do what I have done to you.

That is the life to which you have been called, for Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow his footsteps. He committed no sin, and deceit was never on his lips. He was abused but he did not retort. He suffered but he did not threaten, but committed his case to him who judges justly. read more.
He carried the burden of our sins in his own body on the cross, in order that we might die to sin and live for uprightness. By his wounds you have been healed.

If possible, for your part, live peaceably with everybody.

Try to be at peace with everyone, and strive for that consecration without which no one can see the Lord.

Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.

Dear friends, I was just on the point of writing to you about our common salvation, when it became necessary for me to write and appeal to you to come to the defense of the faith that has once for all been intrusted to God's people.

You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to be angry,

Be angry, but do not sin. The sun must not go down upon your anger;

For if you forgive others when they offend you, your heavenly Father will forgive you too.

No! If your enemy is hungry, feed him! If he is thirsty, give him something to drink! For if you do, you will heap burning coals upon his head!

A religious observance that is pure and stainless in the sight of God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their trouble, and keep one's self unstained by the world.

when I had no clothes, you gave me clothes, when I was sick, you looked after me, when I was in prison, you came to see me.'

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than these others are?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs!"

they are to show that your faith when tested is found to be more precious than gold, which though it is perishable is tested with fire, and they will bring you praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. You must love him, though you have not seen him, but since you believe in him though you do not now see him, rejoice with triumphant, unutterable joy

Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God!

You must believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me, or else you must believe because of the things themselves. I tell you, whoever believes in me will do such things as I do, and things greater yet, because I am going to the Father.

I showed you in every way that by hard work like that we must help those who are weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, for he said, 'It makes one happier to give than to be given to.' "

Supply the needs of God's people, be unfailing in hospitality.

Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

or steal from them, but to show such perfect good faith as to do credit to the teaching about God our Savior, by everything they do.

Be affectionate in your love for the brotherhood, eager to show one another honor,

Therefore, you must always treat other people as you would like to have them treat you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

And treat men just as you wish them to treat you.

Jesus answered them, "The work God has for you is to believe in the messenger that he has sent to you."

His command is this??hat we are to believe in his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us to do.

It is he who has my commands and observes them that really loves me, and whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and show myself to him."

You are my friends if you do what I command you to do.

to make your lives worthy of God who invites you into his kingdom and his glory.

so that you may have the respect of the outsiders, and not be dependent upon anybody.

and avoiding every kind of evil.

They were both upright in the sight of God, blamelessly observing all the Lord's commands and requirements.

For loving God means obeying his commands, and his commands are not burdensome,

so that the lives you live may be worthy of your Master and wholly pleasing to him, and you may be fruitful in all kinds of good deeds, and may grow into fuller knowledge of God.

If we live by the Spirit, let us be guided by the Spirit.

For once you were sheer darkness, but now, as Christians, you are light itself. You must live like children of light,

So I, the prisoner for the Lord's sake, appeal to you to live lives worthy of the summons you have received;

Everyone must obey the authorities that are over him, for no authority can exist without the permission of God; the existing authorities have been established by him, so that anyone who resists the authorities sets himself in opposition to what God has ordained, and those who oppose him will bring down judgment upon themselves. The man who does right has nothing to fear from the magistrates, as the wrongdoer has. If you want to have no fear of the authorities, do right, and they will commend you for it, read more.
for they are God's agents to do you good. But if you do wrong you may well be afraid, for they do not carry swords for nothing. They are God's servants, to execute his wrath upon wrongdoers. You must obey them, therefore, not only to escape God's wrath, but as a matter of principle, just as you pay your taxes; they are God's ministers, devoting themselves to this service. Pay them all what is due them??ribute to the man entitled to receive it, taxes to the man entitled to receive them, respect to the man entitled to it, and honor to the man entitled to it.

for every child of God is victorious over the world. Our faith is the victory that has triumphed over the world. For who is there that is victorious over the world except the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

So there is no condemnation any more for those who are in union with Christ Jesus.

Through baptism we have been buried with him in death, so that just as he was raised from the dead through the Father's glory, we too may live a new life.

training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,

save, snatching them out of the fire, and look on others with pity mixed with fear, loathing even the clothes their animal nature has stained.