32 Bible Verses about Staying Positive

Be on the alert; stand firm in the faith; acquit yourselves like men; be strong.

holding out to them a Message of Life. It will then be my glory on the day of Christ that I did not run my race in vain nor toil in vain.

I am in a dilemma, my earnest desire being to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better.

Finally, brethren, be joyful, secure perfection of character, take courage, be of one mind, live in peace. And then God who gives love and peace will be with you.

Do not be indolent when zeal is required. Be thoroughly warm-hearted, the Lord's own servants,

Give your minds to the things that are above, not to the things that are on the earth.

For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Only let the lives you live be worthy of the Good News of the Christ, in order that, whether I come and see you or, being absent, only hear of you, I may know that you are standing fast in one spirit and with one mind, fighting shoulder to shoulder for the faith of the Good News.

and one of you says to them, "I wish you well; keep yourselves warm and well fed," and yet you do not give them what they need; what is the use of that?

But I tell the unmarried, and women who are widows, that it is well for them to remain as I am.

The doctrines and the line of conduct which I taught you--both what you heard and what you saw in me-- hold fast to them; and God who gives peace will be with you.

Have full sympathy with one another. Do not give your mind to high things, but let humble ways content you. Do not be wise in your own conceits.

Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue in me.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome the evil with goodness.

For it is God's will that by doing what is right you should thus silence the ignorant talk of foolish persons.

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

So also faith, if it is unaccompanied by obedience, has no life in it--so long as it stands alone.

Yet argue modestly and cautiously, keeping your consciences free from guilt, so that, when you are spoken against, those who slander your good Christian lives may be put to shame.

For what I do is not the good thing that I desire to do; but the evil thing that I desire not to do, is what I constantly do.

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

And do not forget to be kind and liberal; for with sacrifices of that sort God is greatly pleased.

For this reason I shall always persist in reminding you of these things, although you know them and are stedfast believers in truth which you already possess.

Hold yourselves aloof from every form of evil.

"I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.

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.

But in my judgement, her state is a more enviable one if she remains as she is; and I also think that I have the Spirit of God.

To the pure everything is pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving nothing is pure, but on the contrary their very minds and consciences are polluted.

Live honourable lives among the Gentiles, in order that, although they now speak against you as evil-doers, they may yet witness your good conduct, and may glorify God on the day of reward and retribution.

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

"Whatever town or village you enter, inquire for some good man; and make his house your home till you leave the place.

Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.

For in the Good News a righteousness which comes from God is being revealed, depending on faith and tending to produce faith; as the Scripture has it, "The righteous man shall live by faith."