15 Bible Verses about Consistency

all we are given is good, and all our endowments are faultless, descending from above, from the Father of the heavenly lights, who knows no change of rising and setting, who casts no shadow on the earth.

serving in hope of the life eternal which God, who never lies, promised ages ago ??3 he gave effect to his word in due time by a proclamation with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour: ??4 to Titus my lawful son in a faith we hold in common; grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Previous priests became priests apart from any oath, but he has an oath from Him who said to him, The Lord has sworn, and he will not change his mind, thou art a priest for ever.

God, in his desire to afford the heirs of the Promise a special proof of the solid character of his purpose, interposed with an oath; so that by these two solid facts (the Promise and the Oath), where it is impossible for God to be false, we refugees might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us,

Jesus Christ is always the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever.

Any soul that will not listen to this prophet shall be exterminated from the People; and all the prophets who have spoken since Samuel and his successors have also announced these days. Now you are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers when he said to Abraham, all families on earth shall be blessed in your offspring.read more.
It was for you first that God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."

Besides, Scripture anticipated God's justification of the Gentiles by faith when it announced the gospel beforehand to Abraham in these terms: All nations shall be blessed in thee.

As the Lord's prisoner, then, I beg of you to live a life worthy of your calling,

Only, do lead a life that is worthy of the gospel of Christ. Whether I come and see you or only hear of you in absence, let me know you are standing firm in a common spirit, fighting side by side like one man for the faith of the gospel.

Let what you say be simply 'yes' or 'no'; whatever exceeds that springs from evil.

so that your life may be correct in the eyes of the outside world and self-supporting.

also, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, in case he incurs slander and is trapped by the devil.

Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the word of God to you; look back upon the close of their career, and copy their faith.

Above all, my brothers, never swear an oath, either by heaven or by earth or by anything else; let your "yes" be a plain "yes," your "no" a plain "no," lest you incur judgment.

Now as all things are thus to be dissolved, what holy and pious men ought you to be in your behaviour,