40 Bible Verses about Positive Thinking

each fixing his attention, not simply on his own interests, but on those of others also.

And I am justified in having this confidence about you all, because, both during my imprisonment and when I stand up in defence of the Good News or to confirm its truth, I have you in my heart, sharers as you all are in the same grace as myself.

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever wins respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is of good repute--if there is any virtue or anything deemed worthy of praise--cherish the thought of these things.

If any one deems himself to be a Prophet or a man with spiritual gifts, let him recognize as the Lord's command all that I am now writing to you.

They are ambitious to be teachers of the Law, although they do not understand either their own words or what the things are about which they make such confident assertions.

These were a shadow of things that were soon to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

For where your wealth is, there also will your heart be.

Tell me--you who want to continue to be subject to Law--will you not listen to the Law?

Let the same disposition be in you which was in Christ Jesus.

and those which we deem less honorable we clothe with more abundant honor; and so our ungraceful parts come to have a more abundant grace, while our graceful parts have everything they need.

Bring all this to men's remembrances, solemnly charging them in the presence of God not to waste time in wrangling about mere words, a course which is altogether unprofitable and tends only to the ruin of the hearers.

even as, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without blemish in His presence.

and to get yourselves renewed in the temper of your minds and clothe yourselves

Whatever has been born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever has been born of the Spirit is spirit.

so that you may be men of transparent character, and may be blameless, in preparation for the day of Christ,

"Do not for a moment suppose that I have come to abrogate the Law or the Prophets: I have not come to abrogate them but to give them their completion.

If any one is willing to do His will, he shall know about the teaching, whether it is from God or originates with me.

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who drink freely, drink at night.

You however are to be complete in goodness, as your Heavenly Father is complete.

"Do not handle this;" "Do not taste that;" "Do not touch that other thing" --

For, in fact, it was not from man that I received or learnt it, but by a revelation from Jesus Christ.

But if a father stands firm in his resolve, being free from all external constraint and having a legal right to act as he pleases, and in his own mind has come to the decision to keep his daughter unmarried, he will do well.

Were you a slave when God called you? Let not that weigh on your mind. And yet if you can get your freedom, take advantage of the opportunity.

I ask you, then, what has become of your self-congratulations? For I bear you witness that had it been possible you would have torn out your own eyes and have given them to me.

For when Gentiles who have no Law obey by natural instinct the commands of the Law, they, without having a Law, are a Law to themselves;

full of joyful hope, patient under persecution, earnest and persistent in prayer.

"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eyesight is good, your whole body will be well lighted;

I now pass to another subject. Receive as a friend a man whose faith is weak, but not for the purpose of deciding mere matters of opinion.

with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain,

Hence the report spread among the brethren that that disciple would never die. Yet Jesus did not say, "He is not to die," but, "If I desire him to remain till I come, what concern is that of yours?"

to men without Law as if I were without Law--although I am not without Law in relation to God but am abiding in Christ's Law--in order to win those who are without Law.

Or is it that you think slightingly of His infinite goodness, forbearance and patience, unaware that the goodness of God is gently drawing you to repentance?

If however you have risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, enthroned at God's right hand.

"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus; "he who believes in me, even if he has died, he shall live;

The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence;

This is the Message which we have heard from the Lord Jesus and now deliver to you--God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness.

and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, every one minding his own business and working with his hands, as we ordered you to do:

But if while we are seeking in Christ acquittal from guilt we ourselves are convicted of sin, Christ then encourages us to sin! No, indeed.

I write all this to you in order that you who believe in the Son of God may know for certain that you already have the Life of the Ages.

"I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.