Bible Verses about 'Not doing things for self'
- So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.
- Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots to divide his clothing.
- To those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
- “All things are lawful,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.
- For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.
- Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
- Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
- But even if you do suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated.
- “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.
- Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
- If any of you sin without knowing it, doing any of the things that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, you have incurred guilt, and are subject to punishment.
- Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.
- Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.
- Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.
- It does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
- Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one.
- Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.
- For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— not the result of works, so that no one may boast.
- For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.
- Like a city breached, without walls,
is one who lacks self-control. - Do not deprive one another except perhaps by agreement for a set time, to devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
- But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
- For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.
- But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.
- I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the message to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house.
- For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.
- Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.”
- God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God.
- Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.
- The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers.
- Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
- Abba, Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me; yet, not what I want, but what you want.
- What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
- For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
- For he satisfies the thirsty,
and the hungry he fills with good things. - For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.
- These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
- For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
- Jesus said to him, “If you are able!—All things can be done for the one who believes.”
- Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
- All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being.
- Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world.
- I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
- But Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”
- For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly.
- Only fear the Lord, and serve him faithfully with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.
- No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
- For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
- We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
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