1 John 2:6

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

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

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

make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

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

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

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

I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

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

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.

and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.

But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;

Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’ ”

the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.

even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

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

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.

Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

“ ‘ “My servant David will be king over them. They all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.

I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.