If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.

If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

You are My friends if you do what I command you.

That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse— a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today, but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.

But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered. And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.

Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God, and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name. For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.