We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds;

But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.

They go from strength to strength: each one will appear before God in Zion.

The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.

But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.

Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.

But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge, in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness, in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:

Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abide in the vine, thus neither can ye unless ye abide in me.

but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your intelligent service. And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to fulfil its lusts.

Be my imitators, even as I also am of Christ.

For ye, as many as have been baptised unto Christ, have put on Christ.

to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

and ye became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit,

For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:

He that says he abides in him ought, even as he walked, himself also so to walk.

I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is ready, but the flesh weak.

Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to bear, but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that ye should be able to bear it.

For this reason I also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.

for, in that himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those that are being tempted.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations, knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Strive earnestly in the good conflict of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not? But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?read more.
For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness. But no chastening at the time seems to be matter of joy, but of grief; but afterwards yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.

I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see. I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.

I go the way of all the earth: be of good courage therefore, and be a man;

But as for you, be firm and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your deeds.

Say to them that are of a timid heart, Be strong, fear not; behold your God: vengeance cometh, the recompense of God! He will come himself, and save you.

But now be strong, Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Be vigilant; stand fast in the faith; quit yourselves like men; be strong.

For the rest, brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the might of his strength.

Thou therefore, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.

And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

But I say, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire; but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.

For our glad tidings were not with you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what we were among you for your sakes:

I testify before God and Christ Jesus, who is about to judge living and dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom, proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time shall be when they will not bear sound teaching; but according to their own lusts will heap up to themselves teachers, having an itching ear;

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that one should teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,

And the boy Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with Jehovah and also with men.

And the child grew and was strengthened in spirit; and he was in the deserts until the day of his shewing to Israel.

And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom, and God's grace was upon him.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.

but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

But we all, looking on the glory of the Lord, with unveiled face, are transformed according to the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Lord the Spirit.

and he has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to the work of the ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ; until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at the full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;read more.
in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of that teaching which is in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error; but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

Not that I have already obtained the prize, or am already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may get possession of it, seeing that also I have been taken possession of by Christ Jesus.

so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour, (not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,)read more.
not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified. For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

And this is his commandment, that we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, even as he has given us commandment.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

Wherefore I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is in you, and the love which ye have towards all the saints,

Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which ye have towards all the saints, on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,

But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known of all men. The Lord is near. Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;read more.
and the peace of God, which surpasses every understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts by Christ Jesus.

And all that trust in thee shall rejoice: for ever shall they shout joyously, and thou wilt protect them; and they that love thy name shall exult in thee.

As for me, I have confided in thy loving-kindness; my heart shall be joyful in thy salvation.

For in him shall our heart rejoice, because we have confided in his holy name.

And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

And having brought them into his house he laid the table for them, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.

Beloved, take not as strange the fire of persecution which has taken place amongst you for your trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you; but as ye have share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exultation.

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.

but we being of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet the hope of salvation;

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

Have an outline of sound words, which words thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

If any one leads into captivity, he goes into captivity. If any one shall kill with the sword, he must with the sword be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.