practical christian living

Matthew Chapter 6:33

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

Acts Chapter 2:38

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts Chapter 15:1

And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Acts Chapter 15:2

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

Acts Chapter 15:3

And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

Acts Chapter 15:4

And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

Acts Chapter 15:5

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

Acts Chapter 15:6

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

Acts Chapter 15:7

And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

Acts Chapter 15:8

And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

Acts Chapter 15:9

And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Acts Chapter 15:10

Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Acts Chapter 15:11

But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Acts Chapter 15:12

Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

Acts Chapter 15:13

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

Acts Chapter 15:14

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Acts Chapter 15:15

And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

Acts Chapter 15:16

After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

Acts Chapter 15:17

That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

Acts Chapter 15:18

Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

Acts Chapter 15:19

Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

Acts Chapter 15:20

But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

Acts Chapter 15:21

For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

Acts Chapter 15:22

Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

Acts Chapter 15:23

And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:

Acts Chapter 15:24

Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:

Acts Chapter 15:25

It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Acts Chapter 15:26

Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts Chapter 15:27

We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

Acts Chapter 15:28

For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

Acts Chapter 15:29

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Acts Chapter 15:30

So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

Acts Chapter 15:31

Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

Acts Chapter 15:32

And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

Acts Chapter 15:33

And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.

Acts Chapter 15:34

Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

Acts Chapter 15:35

Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

Acts Chapter 15:36

And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

Acts Chapter 15:37

And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.

Acts Chapter 15:38

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

Acts Chapter 15:39

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

Acts Chapter 15:40

And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.

Acts Chapter 15:41

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

Romans Chapter 12:2

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.

Galatians Chapter 2:20

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.

2 Timothy Chapter 3:16

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Hebrews Chapter 3:12

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

Hebrews Chapter 3:13

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Hebrews Chapter 3:14

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

Hebrews Chapter 3:15

While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

Hebrews Chapter 3:16

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

Hebrews Chapter 3:17

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

Hebrews Chapter 3:18

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

Hebrews Chapter 3:19

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

James Chapter 1:1

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

James Chapter 1:2

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

James Chapter 1:3

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

James Chapter 1:4

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

James Chapter 1:5

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

James Chapter 1:6

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

James Chapter 1:7

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

James Chapter 1:8

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

James Chapter 1:9

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

James Chapter 1:10

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

James Chapter 1:11

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

James Chapter 1:12

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

James Chapter 1:13

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

James Chapter 1:14

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

James Chapter 1:15

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

James Chapter 1:16

Do not err, my beloved brethren.

James Chapter 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

James Chapter 1:18

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

James Chapter 1:19

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

James Chapter 1:20

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

James Chapter 1:21

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

James Chapter 1:22

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

James Chapter 1:23

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

James Chapter 1:24

For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

James Chapter 1:25

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

James Chapter 1:26

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

James Chapter 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

James Chapter 2:20

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

1 John Chapter 2:6

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

1 John Chapter 2:15

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.