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Colossians 3:5, Colossians 3:8, Colossians 3:13-14, Colossians 3:17, Colossians 3:19, Colossians 3:21, Colossians 3:23

Colossians 3:5 (NLT)
So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.

Colossians 3:8 (NLT)
But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language.

Colossians 3:13-14 (NLT)
Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

Colossians 3:17 (NLT)
And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.

Colossians 3:19 (NLT)
Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.

Colossians 3:21 (NLT)
Fathers, do not aggravate your children, or they will become discouraged.

Colossians 3:23 (NLT)
Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.

1 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Corinthians 11:11-12, 1 Corinthians 11:16, 1 Corinthians 11:23-30, 1 Corinthians 11:33

1 Corinthians 11:3 (NLT)
But there is one thing I want you to know: The head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 11:11-12 (NLT)
But among the Lord’s people, women are not independent of men, and men are not independent of women.

1 Corinthians 11:16 (NLT)
But if anyone wants to argue about this, I simply say that we have no other custom than this, and neither do God’s other churches.

1 Corinthians 11:23-30 (NLT)
For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread

1 Corinthians 11:33 (NLT)
So, my dear brothers and sisters, when you gather for the Lord’s Supper, wait for each other.

Hebrews 4:15

Hebrews 4:15 (NLT)
This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.

Ephesians 4:26-27, Ephesians 4:29-31

Ephesians 4:26-27 (NLT)
And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry,

Ephesians 4:29-31 (NLT)
Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.

Matthew 16:4, Matthew 16:8, Matthew 16:23, Matthew 16:25

Matthew 16:4 (NLT)
Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign, but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.” Then Jesus left them and went away.

Matthew 16:8 (NLT)
Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, “You have so little faith! Why are you arguing with each other about having no bread?

Matthew 16:23 (NLT)
Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

Matthew 16:25 (NLT)
If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.

Hebrews 10:3, Hebrews 10:10, Hebrews 10:13, Hebrews 10:17, Hebrews 10:19, Hebrews 10:22, Hebrews 10:25-26, Hebrews 10:29, Hebrews 10:36

Hebrews 10:3 (NLT)
But instead, those sacrifices actually reminded them of their sins year after year.

Hebrews 10:10 (NLT)
For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.

Hebrews 10:13 (NLT)
There he waits until his enemies are humbled and made a footstool under his feet.

Hebrews 10:17 (NLT)
Then he says, “I will never again remember their sins and lawless deeds.”

Hebrews 10:19 (NLT)
And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus.

Hebrews 10:22 (NLT)
let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

Hebrews 10:25-26 (NLT)
And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

Hebrews 10:29 (NLT)
Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us.

Hebrews 10:36 (NLT)
Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.

John 10:12-13, John 10:18, John 10:25-26, John 10:30, John 10:37

John 10:12-13 (NLT)
A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.

John 10:18 (NLT)
No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.”

John 10:25-26 (NLT)
Jesus replied, “I have already told you, and you don’t believe me. The proof is the work I do in my Father’s name.

John 10:30 (NLT)
The Father and I are one.”

John 10:37 (NLT)
Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work.

Psalm 139:24

Psalm 139:24 (NLT)
Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

John 5:23-24, John 5:26, John 5:30, John 5:38-39, John 5:42, John 5:44

John 5:23-24 (NLT)
so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.

John 5:26 (NLT)
The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son.

John 5:30 (NLT)
I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the one who sent me, not my own will.

John 5:38-39 (NLT)
and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me—the one he sent to you.

John 5:42 (NLT)
because I know you don’t have God’s love within you.

John 5:44 (NLT)
No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don’t care about the honor that comes from the one who alone is God.

John 3:2, John 3:10, John 3:16-17, John 3:19-21, John 3:29, John 3:31-32, John 3:34-36

John 3:2 (NLT)
After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”

John 3:10 (NLT)
Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things?

John 3:16-17 (NLT)
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:19-21 (NLT)
And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.

John 3:29 (NLT)
It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the best man is simply glad to stand with him and hear his vows. Therefore, I am filled with joy at his success.

John 3:31-32 (NLT)
“He has come from above and is greater than anyone else. We are of the earth, and we speak of earthly things, but he has come from heaven and is greater than anyone else.

John 3:34-36 (NLT)
For he is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.

Isaiah 53:4-7, Isaiah 53:9, Isaiah 53:12

Isaiah 53:4-7 (NLT)
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!

Isaiah 53:9 (NLT)
He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave.

Isaiah 53:12 (NLT)
I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.

Psalm 139:13-14

Psalm 139:13-14 (NLT)
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Isaiah 59:16

Isaiah 59:16 (NLT)
He was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed. So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm, and his justice sustained him.

Isaiah 59:1, Isaiah 59:16-17, Isaiah 59:21

Isaiah 59:1 (NLT)
Listen! The LORD’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.

Isaiah 59:16-17 (NLT)
He was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed. So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm, and his justice sustained him.

Isaiah 59:21 (NLT)
“And this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children’s children forever. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 44:18

Isaiah 44:6 (NLT)
This is what the LORD says—Israel’s King and Redeemer, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies: “I am the First and the Last; there is no other God.

Isaiah 44:18 (NLT)
Such stupidity and ignorance! Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see. Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.

Psalm 51:2, Psalm 51:4-6, Psalm 51:8, Psalm 51:10, Psalm 51:12, Psalm 51:17

Psalm 51:2 (NLT)
Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.

Psalm 51:4-6 (NLT)
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.

Psalm 51:8 (NLT)
Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me— now let me rejoice.

Psalm 51:10 (NLT)
Create in me a clean heart, OGod. Renew a loyal spirit within me.

Psalm 51:12 (NLT)
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.

Psalm 51:17 (NLT)
The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, OGod.

Psalm 14:1

Psalm 14:1 (NLT)
Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good!

Romans 5:3-4, Romans 5:6, Romans 5:10, Romans 5:18

Romans 5:3-4 (NLT)
We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.

Romans 5:6 (NLT)
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.

Romans 5:10 (NLT)
For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.

Romans 5:18 (NLT)
Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone.

Ecclesiastes 12:1, Ecclesiastes 12:10, Ecclesiastes 12:12-13

Ecclesiastes 12:1 (NLT)
Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”

Ecclesiastes 12:10 (NLT)
The Teacher sought to find just the right words to express truths clearly.

Ecclesiastes 12:12-13 (NLT)
But, my child, let me give you some further advice: Be careful, for writing books is endless, and much study wears you out.

Psalm 8:4-5

Psalm 8:4-5 (NLT)
what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?

Galatians 5:24

Galatians 5:24 (NLT)
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.

Ephesians 6:3, Ephesians 6:7, Ephesians 6:10-12, Ephesians 6:14-18

Ephesians 6:3 (NLT)
If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.”

Ephesians 6:7 (NLT)
Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.

Ephesians 6:10-12 (NLT)
A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

Ephesians 6:14-18 (NLT)
Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness.

2 Corinthians 11:14, 2 Corinthians 11:20, 2 Corinthians 11:30

2 Corinthians 11:14 (NLT)
But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 11:20 (NLT)
You put up with it when someone enslaves you, takes everything you have, takes advantage of you, takes control of everything, and slaps you in the face.

2 Corinthians 11:30 (NLT)
If I must boast, I would rather boast about the things that show how weak I am.

2 Corinthians 4:7-9, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

2 Corinthians 4:7-9 (NLT)
We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 (NLT)
For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!

Luke 4:16, Luke 4:24, Luke 4:29-30, Luke 4:40-41

Luke 4:16 (NLT)
When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures.

Luke 4:24 (NLT)
But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his own hometown.

Luke 4:29-30 (NLT)
Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff,

Luke 4:40-41 (NLT)
As the sun went down that evening, people throughout the village brought sick family members to Jesus. No matter what their diseases were, the touch of his hand healed every one.