1 Timothy 2:10

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.

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.

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

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

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

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

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.

“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

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,

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

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

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.

seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all,

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

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

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

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

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

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.

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

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue,

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

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

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.

and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”

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

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

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

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

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith—

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

In all things be showing yourself an example of good works. In your teaching, be showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;

He will redeem Israel from all their sins.

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.

“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.

Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

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.

and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned, that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

then she tells me, “Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,”—let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master’s son.’

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!

Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.

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

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

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.

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;

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.

For this is how in the past, the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands.

and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;

Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

“I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.