2 Timothy 2:21

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.

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.

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.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

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

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

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

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

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

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

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

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.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

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

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

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.

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,

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.

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.

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

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.

Don’t remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness’ sake, Yahweh.

and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

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.

Therefore Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

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

Let brotherly love continue.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”

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

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

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

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”

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.

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”

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

You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’

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

each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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

We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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

Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”, lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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.

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

“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.

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

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

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

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels.

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

Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

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

I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

Therefore Yahweh says, “If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.

and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready 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.

However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for me.

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

Or how can you tell your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye.

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.

and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,

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.

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—