Romans 6:15

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

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

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

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

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

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.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

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

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

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

For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

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

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,

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

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

Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,

“ ‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.

So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel move from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall all keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Jesus said to him, “Don’t forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us.”

I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever:

whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;

Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

For God has bound all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.

Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

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

“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.

and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

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

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”

Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession. He shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people not each be scattered from his possession.” ’ ”

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

She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”

But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

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

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.

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,

Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;

because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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

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

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.

The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;

knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over him!

but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

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.

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.”

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.

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;

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,

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

Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

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

For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

Naboth said to Ahab, “May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”

May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”

What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting, unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

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

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.