Titus 1:15

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.

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.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

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

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

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

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,

He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

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.

He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.

Don’t overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

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

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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,

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.

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

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

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

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.

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahweh of Armies; and all those who sacrifice will come and take of them, and cook in them. In that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Yahweh of Armies.

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

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.

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

One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn’t of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

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

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

After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,

I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.

With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

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

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

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

the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

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

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.

haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

Then Haggai answered, “ ‘So is this people, and so is this nation before me,’ says Yahweh; ‘and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean.

The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience,

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

“ ‘The meat that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. As for the meat, everyone who is clean may eat it;

You are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean.

All food which may be eaten which is soaked in water shall be unclean. All drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

“ ‘Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean.

You shall not eat any abominable thing.

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

What has my beloved to do in my house, since she has behaved lewdly with many, and the holy flesh has passed from you? When you do evil, then you rejoice.”

That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”

A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.”

In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith,

For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.