And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do {them}.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any {man} will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

Here is the patience of the saints: here {are} they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, {and} hating one another.

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse {your} hands, {ye} sinners; and purify {your} hearts, {ye} double minded.

Love not the world, neither the things {that are} in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, {even} unto the end of the world. Amen.

{Seeing} then {that} all these things shall be dissolved, what manner {of persons} ought ye to be in {all} holy conversation and godliness,

Dearly beloved, I beseech {you} as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; {that...: Heb. judgment and justice}

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what {is} that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. {affections: or, passions}

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn {yourselves} from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. {yourselves: or, others}

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach {them}, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; {uncertain...: Gr. uncertainty of riches}

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and {toward} men.

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. {in him: or, in it}

And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: {meet...: or, answerable to amendment of life}

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

{And} we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. {Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah}

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

That he no longer should live the rest of {his} time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

And he said to {them} all, If any {man} will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself {rather} unto godliness.

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. {in due time: or, according to the time}

For all that {is} in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think {of himself} more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. {soberly: Gr. to sobriety}

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; {uncertain...: Gr. uncertainty of riches}

Therefore let us not sleep, as {do} others; but let us watch and be sober.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. {ye know that every: or, know ye etc.} {is born: Gr. has been born}

And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the {world} to come.

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: {offend...: or, cause thee to offend}

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. {when...: Heb. of finding}

And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.