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Be Christ's Disciple

58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Be Steadfast

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Rely on God's Resources

12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

Rely on God's Resources

16 Do you not know that you are God�s temple and that God�s Spirit dwells in you?

Separate from the World

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Be Christ's Disciple

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world�the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life�is not from the Father but is from the world.

Grow in Christlikeness

18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

Love

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Assurance of Salvation

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

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13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.

Purity

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Grow in Christlikeness

11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

Christ Paid the Penalty

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Proclaim Christ

18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

Humility

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

Grow in Christlikeness

5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for �God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.� 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

His Peace

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Rely on God's Resources

7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Be Christ's Disciple

5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus� sake.

Serve Others

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

Christ the Center

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Live the New Life

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Give Generously

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Be Christ's Disciple

6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Live the New Life

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

God's Word

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Be Christ's Disciple

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.�

Develop World Vision

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Grow in Christlikeness

16 So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.

Honesty

And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offence toward God, and toward men.

Proclaim Christ

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Purity

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Grow in Christlikeness

3 But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Live the New Life

20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Christ the Center

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth 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.

Good Works

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Grow in Christlikeness

9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Fellowship

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Live the New Life

24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Faith

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Grow in Christlikeness

6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Be Christ's Disciple

3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

Be Steadfast

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Rely on God's Resources

18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Sin's Penalty

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Proclaim Christ

27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Rely on God's Resources

3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Rely on God's Resources

10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

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6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned�every one�to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

All Have Sinned

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Grow in Christlikeness

34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.�

Live the New Life

21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.�

Obedience to Christ

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Live the New Life

7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Prayer

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

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24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

God's Word

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night,
that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein:
for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Live the New Life

8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Rely on God's Resources

22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Honesty

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

Grow in Christlikeness

11 �You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

Be Christ's Disciple

23 And he said to all, �If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Put Christ First

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Be Christ's Disciple

45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.�

Serve Others

For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Fellowship

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Live the New Life

20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.�

Develop World Vision

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Be Christ's Disciple

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.�

Live the New Life

19 And he said to them, �Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.�

Witnessing

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Good Works

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Grow in Christlikeness

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Be Christ's Disciple

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Put Christ First

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Rely on God's Resources

19 God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Humility

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Grow in Christlikeness

3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

His Strength

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Rely on God's Resources

13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Rely on God's Resources

19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Prayer

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Live the New Life

6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Be Christ's Disciple

9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; 10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

His Help in Temptation

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Rely on God's Resources

9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! 11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

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20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Witnessing

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Live the New Life

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Obedience to Christ

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Live the New Life

1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Knowing God's Will

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Be Christ's Disciple

2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Love

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

All Have Sinned

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Proclaim Christ

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Faith

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

Grow in Christlikeness

20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.

Proclaim Christ

8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Christ Paid the Penalty

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Sin's Penalty

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Salvation not by Works

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;