Luke 8:21

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”

I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

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

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

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

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

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.

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

Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

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

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

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

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

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

“Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.

Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ’s, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

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

You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

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.

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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

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,

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

For whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, and mother.”

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

For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”

Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”

The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

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.