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Galatians 5:17

Galatians 5:17 (MSG)
For there is a root of sinful self-interest in us that is at odds with a free spirit, just as the free spirit is incompatible with selfishness. These two ways of life are antithetical, so that you cannot live at times one way and at times another way according to how you feel on any given day.

Galatians 5:16

Galatians 5:16 (MSG)
My counsel is this: Live freely, animated and motivated by God's Spirit. Then you won't feed the compulsions of selfishness. For there is a root of sinful self-interest in us that is at odds with a free spirit, just as the free spirit is incompatible with selfishness. These two ways of life are antithetical, so that you cannot live at times one way and at times another way according to how you feel on any given day. Why don't you choose to be led by the Spirit and so escape the erratic compulsions of a law-dominated existence?

Romans 12:6

Romans 12:6 (MSG)
let's just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren't. If you preach, just preach God's Message, nothing else;

Romans 12:8

Romans 12:8 (MSG)
if you give encouraging guidance, be careful that you don't get bossy; if you're put in charge, don't manipulate; if you're called to give aid to people in distress, keep your eyes open and be quick to respond; if you work with the disadvantaged, don't let yourself get irritated with them or depressed by them. Keep a smile on your face.

Romans 12:7

Romans 12:7 (MSG)
If you preach, just preach God's Message, nothing else; if you help, just help, don't take over; if you teach, stick to your teaching; if you give encouraging guidance, be careful that you don't get bossy; if you're put in charge, don't manipulate; if you're called to give aid to people in distress, keep your eyes open and be quick to respond; if you work with the disadvantaged, don't let yourself get irritated with them or depressed by them. Keep a smile on your face.

Romans 12:6

Romans 12:6 (MSG)
let's just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren't. If you preach, just preach God's Message, nothing else;

Ephesians 4:7

Ephesians 4:7 (MSG)
But that doesn't mean you should all look and speak and act the same. Out of the generosity of Christ, each of us is given his own gift. The text for this is, He climbed the high mountain, He captured the enemy and seized the booty, He handed it all out in gifts to the people. Is it not true that the One who climbed up also climbed down, down to the valley of earth? And the One who climbed down is the One who climbed back up, up to highest heaven. He handed out gifts above and below, filled heaven with his gifts, filled earth with his gifts. He handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, and pastor-teacher to train Christ's followers in skilled servant work, working within Christ's body, the church, until we're all moving rhythmically and easily with each other, efficient and graceful in response to God's Son, fully mature adults, fully developed within and without, fully alive like Christ.

Ezra 3:1

Ezra 3:1 (MSG)
When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled into their towns, the people assembled together in Jerusalem. Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brother priests, along with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and his relatives, went to work and built the Altar of the God of Israel to offer Whole-Burnt-Offerings on it as written in The Revelation of Moses the man of God.

Ezra 3:7

Ezra 3:7 (MSG)
They gave money to hire masons and carpenters. They gave food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians in exchange for the cedar lumber they had brought by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, a shipment authorized by Cyrus the king of Persia.

Ezra 3:1

Ezra 3:1 (MSG)
When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled into their towns, the people assembled together in Jerusalem. Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brother priests, along with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and his relatives, went to work and built the Altar of the God of Israel to offer Whole-Burnt-Offerings on it as written in The Revelation of Moses the man of God.

Luke 22:22

Luke 22:22 (MSG)
It's true that the Son of Man is going down a path already marked out-no surprises there. But for the one who turns him in, turns traitor to the Son of Man, this is doomsday."

Luke 22:14

Luke 22:14 (MSG)
When it was time, he sat down, all the apostles with him, and said, "You've no idea how much I have looked forward to eating this Passover meal with you before I enter my time of suffering. It's the last one I'll eat until we all eat it together in the kingdom of God."

Matthew 25:14

Matthew 25:14 (MSG)
"It's also like a man going off on an extended trip. He called his servants together and delegated responsibilities. To one he gave five thousand dollars, to another two thousand, to a third one thousand, depending on their abilities. Then he left. Right off, the first servant went to work and doubled his master's investment. The second did the same. But the man with the single thousand dug a hole and carefully buried his master's money.

Job 5:2

Job 5:2 (MSG)
The hot temper of a fool eventually kills him, the jealous anger of a simpleton does her in.

James 3:16

James 3:16 (MSG)
Whenever you're trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others' throats.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Ecclesiastes 4:6 (MSG)
One handful of peaceful repose Is better than two fistfuls of worried work— More spitting into the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

Ecclesiastes 4:5 (MSG)
The fool sits back and takes it easy, His sloth is slow suicide.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Ecclesiastes 4:4 (MSG)
Then I observed all the work and ambition motivated by envy. What a waste! Smoke. And spitting into the wind.

Proverbs 14:30

Proverbs 14:30 (MSG)
A sound mind makes for a robust body, but runaway emotions corrode the bones.

Proverbs 14:30

Proverbs 14:30 (MSG)
A sound mind makes for a robust body, but runaway emotions corrode the bones.

James 5:20

James 5:20 (MSG)
and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God.

Deuteronomy 7:26

Deuteronomy 7:26 (MSG)
And don't dare bring one of these abominations home or you'll end up just like it, burned up as a holy destruction. No: It is forbidden! Hate it. Abominate it. Destroy it and preserve God's holiness.