Become (2/3)

If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but… 1 Corinthians 13:1

If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:1 love speaking angels
And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,
for out of Man this one was taken.”
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Genesis 2:22-24 marriage creation body

He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”
Mark 8:34 salvation Jesus following
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.
Galatians 5:13 freedom humility desires
You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
Galatians 5:4 righteousness grace law
But as for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine.
Titus 2:1 speaking evangelism learning
Do all things without murmuring and arguing, so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world. It is by your holding fast to the word of life.
Philippians 2:14-16a holiness Word of God life
When you realize your guilt in any of these, you shall confess the sin that you have committed.
Leviticus 5:5 confession sin
If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall live and become numerous, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
Deuteronomy 30:16 law blessing life
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your doings
from before my eyes;
cease to do evil.
Isaiah 1:16 sin purification evil
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out.
Proverbs 10:9 sin safety life
So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9 righteousness reward patience
You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
James 1:19 speaking listening anger
But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
Ephesians 4:15 love truth Jesus
But I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.
1 Corinthians 9:27 self-control judgment body
He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”
Mark 9:35 humility Jesus understanding
For “no human being will be justified in his sight” by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 3:20 sin law righteousness
Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
2 Corinthians 13:11 life peace love
Until a spirit from on high is poured out on us,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
Isaiah 32:15 Spirit pentecost
“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.
1 Corinthians 6:12 addiction desires life
But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength,
they shall mount up with wings like eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 hope encouragement strength
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.
Colossians 3:9-10 lying life conversion
No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
Romans 6:13 sin righteousness sacrifice
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.
Romans 6:5-6 sin resurrection addiction
I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven, and will give to your offspring all these lands; and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Genesis 26:4-5 blessing listening obedience

Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ, and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God, instruction about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Bible verse of the day

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over the transgression
of the remnant of your possession?
He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in showing clemency.

Micah 7:18 sin mercy forgiveness