Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

2 Corinthians 3:17 (KJV)

Do not put out the Spirit's fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good.

1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 (NIV)

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints.

1 Corinthians 14:33 (ESV)

Yet the time is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.

Indeed, the Father is looking for people like that to worship him.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

John 4:23-24 (NIV)

Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.

Proverbs 27:6 (NLT)

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.

Proverbs 11:3 (ESV)

I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon. I will be happy to learn how you are.

I have no one else like Timothy, who truly cares for you.

Other people are interested only in their own lives, not in the work of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 2:19-21 (NCV)

And the Lord God said, it is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him.

Genesis 2:18 (BBE)

In the same way, even though we are many individuals, Christ makes us one body

and individuals who are connected to each other.

Romans 12:5 (GWT)

Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

Daniel 6:3 (WBT)

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ;

Philippians 1:9-10 (NAS)

He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Proverbs 17:27 (NKJ)

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not in the way of eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

Ephesians 6:5-6 (ASV)

And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks through him to God the Father.

Colossians 3:17 (NLT)

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.

Hebrews 4:12 (NLT)

So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:11 (ESV)

The believers continued to devote themselves to what the apostles were teaching, to fellowship,

to the breaking of bread, and to times of prayer.

Acts 2:42 (ISV)

And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice--the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Romans 12:1-2 (NLT)

Like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,

1 Peter 2:2 (NAS)

The believers had a single purpose and went to the temple every day. They were joyful and humble as they ate at each other's homes and shared their food. At the same time, they praised God and had a good will of all the people. Every day the Lord saved people, and they were added to the group.

Acts 2:26-47 (GWT)

Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won't be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ,

who is the head of his body, the church.

Ephesians 4:14-15 (NAS)

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance and race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:1-2 (NAS)

But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be all glory, both now and to the day of Eternity!

2 Peter 3:18 (WEY)

"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?

"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these

brothers of mine, you did for me."

Matthew 25:34-40 (NIV)

And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the evil one.

1 Timothy 3:7 (BBE)

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