John 15:8

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

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

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

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

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

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

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

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.

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.

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

You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”

so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

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.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

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.

But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:

You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.”

What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

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.’ ”

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

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.

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

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

Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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.

which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

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

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.

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.

knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

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.

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

When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

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

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

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,

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

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

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

not stealing, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.

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.

The mandrakes produce fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have stored up for you, my beloved.

You have increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.

He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up; and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up. It will make a name for Yahweh, for an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”

Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,” says Yahweh.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

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.

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.

Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

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,

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

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

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”