Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said about him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!"

You search the Scriptures, because you think [that] in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about Me.

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.

Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, that I may not be ashamed.

Your law is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my paths.

Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;

and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.

For He has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no gifts to give for it.

And these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all readiness, each day examining the Scriptures [to see] whether these things might be so.

Therefore many of them believed, and not a few of the prominent Greek women and men.

If we claim that we have fellowship with Him, and we are walking in the darkness, we are lying, and are not practicing the truth.

Abide in Me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit on its own, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.

I am the vine, you [are] the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; because apart from Me you can do nothing.

O Lord our God, give us peace, for You have rendered to us all things.

What [has] he to do anymore with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him. I am as a leafy juniper tree. From Me is your fruit found.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we have conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness, self-control--against such things there is no law.

For he who sows to his flesh, from his own flesh will reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap everlasting life.

for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth,

having been filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

for it is God who is working in you, both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

for which I also labor, striving according to His working which is working in me with power.

make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere love for the brothers, love one another fervently from a pure heart,

But also [for] this very reason, making every effort, provide with your faith virtue, and with virtue knowledge,

and with godliness brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.

For [he] who lacks these things is blind, being shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his past sins.

And [as for] you, the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.

(By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.)

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

And we have come to know and believe the love which God has in us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

"And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, 'These things says He that has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: "I know your works, that you have a name, that you live, and you are dead.

Be watchful, and keep that which remains, which you were about to cast out, for I have not found your works perfect before My God.

"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish [that] you were cold or hot.

Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.