1 Corinthians 7:22

But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak: not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons or take bribes.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

For there is no partiality with God.

Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same good again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,

Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you.

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

But now, being made free from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification and the result of eternal life.

Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your servant girl. You have freed me from my chains.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ,

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: