So then, if we do not do the good we know we should do, we are guilty of sin.

"Not everyone who calls me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only those who do what my Father in heaven wants them to do.

Then I will say to them, 'I never knew you. Get away from me, you wicked people!'

The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock.

Whoever does what my Father in heaven wants is my brother, my sister, and my mother."

and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age."

"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and yet don't do what I tell you?

He is like a man who, in building his house, dug deep and laid the foundation on rock. The river flooded over and hit that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

But Jesus answered, "Rather, how happy are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"

"The servant who knows what his master wants him to do, but does not get himself ready and do it, will be punished with a heavy whipping.

But the servant who does not know what his master wants, and yet does something for which he deserves a whipping, will be punished with a light whipping. Much is required from the person to whom much is given; much more is required from the person to whom much more is given.

Now that you know this truth, how happy you will be if you put it into practice!

For it is not by hearing the Law that people are put right with God, but by doing what the Law commands.

In conclusion, my friends, fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and honorable.

Everything you do or say, then, should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks through him to God the Father.

If we obey God's commands, then we are sure that we know him.

Let no one deceive you, my children! Whoever does what is right is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

My dear friend, do not imitate what is bad, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good belongs to God; whoever does what is bad has not seen God.

"Listen!" says Jesus. "I am coming soon! Happy are those who obey the prophetic words in this book!"

Do any of you think you are religious? If you do not control your tongue, your religion is worthless and you deceive yourself.

It makes as much sense as eating ashes. His foolish ideas have so misled him that he is beyond help. He won't admit to himself that the idol he holds in his hand is not a god at all.

Your pride has deceived you. Your capital is a fortress of solid rock; your home is high in the mountains, and so you say to yourself, 'Who can ever pull me down?'

You should not fool yourself. If any of you think that you are wise by this world's standards, you should become a fool, in order to be really wise.

Surely you know that the wicked will not possess God's Kingdom. Do not fool yourselves; people who are immoral or who worship idols or are adulterers or homosexual perverts

Do not be fooled. "Bad companions ruin good character."

If you think you are something when you really are nothing, you are only deceiving yourself.

Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. You will reap exactly what you plant.

and evil persons and impostors will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and wrong. We were slaves to passions and pleasures of all kinds. We spent our lives in malice and envy; others hated us and we hated them.

and they will be paid with suffering for the suffering they have caused. Pleasure for them is to do anything in broad daylight that will satisfy their bodily appetites; they are a shame and a disgrace as they join you in your meals, all the while enjoying their deceitful ways!

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.

The huge dragon was thrown out---that ancient serpent, named the Devil, or Satan, that deceived the whole world. He was thrown down to earth, and all his angels with him.