19 Bible Verses about motives

Let all your affairs be done in love.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every one have praise from God.

What then? still every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may expend it on your pleasures.

But as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who trieth our hearts.

For we are not as many, who adulterate the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

Some indeed preach Christ even through envy and strife; but some through good will.

for the day shall declare it: for it is revealed by fire; yea the fire shall try every one's work, of what sort it is.

I beseech, that I may not when I am present be bold with that confidence wherewith I think to be bold toward some, who think of us as walking after the flesh:

For our exhortation is not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile.

But the others out of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men: but we are made manifest to God, and I trust we are made manifest in your consciences also.

Stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool, Ye distinguish not in yourselves, but are become evil-reasoning judges.

For what man knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of a man which is in him? So the things of God also knoweth no one, but the Spirit of God.

They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness: God is witness:

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: