56 Bible Verses about Orthodoxy, In Nt

if indeed ye have heard him, and been taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus:

The Word was made flesh, and tented among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten with the Father), full of grace and truth.

Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh to the Father, but through me.

But I make known to you, brethren, the gospel was preached to me, that it is not according to a man; for I did not receive it from man, neither was I taught it, but through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Hold fast the form of sound words which you heard with me, in the faith and divine love which is in Christ Jesus: stand guard over the beautiful deposit through the Holy Ghost who dwells in us.

but I fear, lest, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his craftiness, your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity which is in Christ. For if indeed one coming preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or you receive another spirit, which you did not receive, or another gospel which you did not receive, well do you bear with him.

I am astonished that you are so quickly removed from him who called you in the grace of Christ into another gospel; which is not another: but there are certain ones who are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the gospel of Christ. But indeed if we, or an angel from heaven, may preach unto you any other gospel except that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.read more.
As we have before said, and now again I tell you, If any one preaches to you a gospel except that which you have received, let him be accursed.

to whom I rendered not submission for an hour; in order that the truth of the gospel may abide with you.

on account of the hope which awaits you in the heavens, which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, having come to you, as it is indeed in the whole world bearing fruit and increasing, as also among you, from the day on which you heard and have known the grace of God in truth;

knowing this, that the law is not made for the righteous, but for the unrighteous and disorderly, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and the profane, for patricides, matricides and homocides, for fornicators, for Sodomites, for kidnapers, for liars, for perjurers, and if any thing else is opposed to healthy teaching; according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, with which I am intrusted.

And assuredly great is the mystery of godliness; Who is manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen of angels, was preached among the Gentiles, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

concerning his Son, having been born of the seed of David according to the flesh; having been ordained the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, from the resurrection of the dead, of Jesus Christ our Lord:

For I delivered unto you in the first place that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he arose on the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve.

Think the same thing among yourselves, which is also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not usurpation to be equal with God, but he humbled himself, having taken the form of a servant, being in the likeness of men; and having been found in fashion like a man;read more.
he humbled himself, being obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross. Therefore God has indeed exalted him, and given him a name above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee must bow, of things in heaven and things upon the earth and things beneath the earth, and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, unto the glory of God the Father.

in which I have been placed a herald and an apostle I speak the truth, I lie not, a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and in truth.

Submitting these things to the brethren, you will be a beautiful minister of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of faith, and the beautiful teaching which you have followed;

and whatsoever things thou hast heard with me through many witnesses, commit thou the same to faithful men, who will be able also to teach others.

holding that which is according to the teaching of the faithful word, in order that he may be able both to exhort with healthy teaching, and to convict the opposers.

O Timothy, stand guard over that which has been committed to you, avoiding unsanctified, empty talks and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called, which some proclaiming have made shipwreck concerning the faith. Grace be with you.

In this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of antichrist, which you have heard that he is coming; and now he is already in the world.

Whosoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, in him God abides, and he in God.

Every one believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God: and every one loving with divine love him who begat, also loves him who has been begotten of him, with divine love.

But when He, the Spirit of truth, may come, He will guide you in all truth: for He will not speak from Himself; but so many things as He hears, He will speak: and will proclaim to you the things which are coming.

the Spirit of truth: which the world is not able to receive, because it does not see Him, nor know Him: you know Him: because He abideth with you, and shall be in you.

When the Comforter, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, may come, He will witness concerning me,

And the unction which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one may teach you: but as his unction teaches you concerning all things, and it is true, and it is no lie, and as he has taught you, abide in him.

And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light; for their works are evil. For every one doing evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted; but every one doing the truth comes to the light, that his works may be made manifest, because they have been wrought in God.

For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

For I have given unto you an example, that you may also do as I have done to you.

Be ye imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.

For unto this you have been called: because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you may follow in his steps:

The one saying that he abides in him ought himself so to walk about, as he also did walk about.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

If you may keep my commandments, abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and I abide in His love.

And in this we know that we have known him, if we are keeping his commandments. The one saying, I have known him, and keeping not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whosoever shall keep his word, truly the divine love of God has been made perfect in him. In this we know that we are in him.

Do you believe that there is one God? you do well: the demons also believe and tremble.

But what is it profitable, my brethren, if one may say he has faith, but has not works? whether is faith able to save him? If a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of daily food, and one of you may say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed, and be ye fed; and give them not the necessaries of the body; what profit is it?read more.
So indeed faith, if it may not have works, is dead, as to itself. But one will say, You have faith, and I have works: Show me your faith apart from works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits if they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name done many mighty works? Then I will confess unto them that I never knew you: depart from me, ye who work iniquity.

And if then one may say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, Lo, there; believe not. For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and give signs and wonders, to deceive even the elect, if possible.

And many false prophets will arise and deceive many.

But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

For having left the commandment of God, you are holding the tradition of men. And He said to them, Truly, you make void the commandment of God, that you may hold your own tradition.

And responding He said to them; Wherefore do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

But the Spirit says positively, that in the last times certain ones will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and to the teachings of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having been cauterized as to their own conscience,

For the time will come when they will not endure healthy teaching; but according to their own lusts they will heap to themselves teachers itching as to their hearing; and they will indeed turn their hearing from the truth, and be turned unto fables.

from which certain ones having deflected have gone out into empty talking, wishing to be teachers of the law, not knowing either what they are saying, or concerning what things they do affirm.

If any one teaches another doctrine, and does not give heed to the sound words which belonged to our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he has been inflated, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and controversies, from which come envy, strife, blasphemies, evil surmisings, wranglings of men having been corrupted as to their mind and turned away from the truth, considering that gain is godliness.

For many are incorrigible, speaking vain things and egotistical, especially those from the circumcision, whose mouths it is necessary to stop; who overturn whole families, teaching those things which it does not behoove, for the sake of disgraceful gain. A certain one of them, their own prophet, said, The Cretans are all liars, evil beasts, slow stomachs.read more.
This testimony is true: on account of which cause convict them sharply, in order that they may be sound in the faith, not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men turning away from the truth.

However there were indeed false prophets among the people, as there will also be false teachers among you, whosoever shall bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their impurities; through whom the way of truth will be slandered:

Christ has set you free with freedom, Therefore stand, and be not again entangled with the yoke of bondage. Behold I Paul say unto you, that, if you may be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. And again I witness to every man who is circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.read more.
You have been divorced from Christ, whosoever are justified by law: you have fallen from grace. For we through the Spirit do await the hope of righteousness through faith. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision or uncircumcision avails anything; but faith working through divine love. You were running well; who did hinder you that you should not obey the truth? The persuasion is not of the one calling you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I have confidence in reference to you in the Lord, that you shall be none otherwise minded: but the one troubling you shall bear the judgment, whosoever he may be. But I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? then the offence of the cross would be done away. I would that those troubling you shall indeed cut themselves off.

We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but through the faith of Christ Jesus, and we have believed into Christ Jesus, in order that we may be justified by faith of Christ, and not by works of law, because by works of law no flesh shall be justified. But if seeking to be justified in Christ, we may also be found sinners, then is Christ the minister of sin? it could not be so.read more.
For if I again build the things which I have destroyed, I constitute myself a transgressor. For I through law died to law, in, order that I may live unto God. I am crucified along with Christ; and I live no longer, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness was through law, then Christ died gratuitiously.

But reject the unsanctified empty talks: for they will proceed unto more of ungodliness, and their word like gangrene will have eating. Of whom are Hymenaeus and Phyletus; who have made shipwreck concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection has already come, and they overturn the faith of some.

But if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous that he may forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we may say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.