1 Timothy 6:19

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;

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

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

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.

He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.

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

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

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

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

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

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare,

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,

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved.

A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.

For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

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,

We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Christ is all, and in all.

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

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,

When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

“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.

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

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.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

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.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

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.

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

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

Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted, and you are in anguish.

saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God, and didn’t respect man.

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let’s press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

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

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,