Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do [it], to him it is sin.

"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.

"And then I will confess to them, 'I never knew you! Depart from Me, you who work iniquity!'

and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and fell against that house; and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother."

teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

"But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do [the] things which I say?

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a flood occurred, the stream burst upon that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.

But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not get ready or do according to his will, shall be beaten [with] many [blows].

But he who did not know, yet did things worthy of [blows], shall be beaten [with] few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be demanded; and to whom much has been entrusted, of him they will ask much more.

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

(for not the hearers of the law are righteous with God, but the doers of the law shall be justified;

Finally, brothers, as many things as are true, as many as are honorable, as many as are just, as many as are pure, as many as are lovely--if there is any virtue and if there is any praise--meditate on these things.

And whatever you may do in word or deed, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

Little children, let no one deceive you. The [one] who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

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

Behold, I am coming swiftly! Blessed is he that keeps the words of the prophecy of this book."

If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceiving his heart, the religion of this [man] is useless.

Know that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul; see, you will not say, [There is a] lie in my right hand.

Behold, I have made you small among the Gentiles: you are greatly dishonored. The pride of your heart has elated you, dwelling [as you do] in the holes of the rocks, [as one that] exalts his habitation, saying in his heart, Who will bring me down to the ground?

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,

Do not be deceived: "Evil associations corrupts good habits."

For if anyone thinks that he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for what a man sows, this also he will reap.

But evil men and impostors shall advance worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, being deceived, being enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

receiving the wages of unrighteousness, counting as a pleasure to revel in the daytime, [they are] spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you,

If we claim that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

And the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.