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Colossians 1:6
that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world— just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. (niv)
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Galatians 5:22-26
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. (niv)
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Hebrews 10:36
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 30:6
The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. (niv)
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Matthew 24:13
but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. (niv)
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Luke 11:28
He replied,“ Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” (niv)
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Colossians 1:10
so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, (niv)
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Luke 6:45
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. (niv)
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John 14:15
“ If you love me, keep my commands. (niv)
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Romans 6:22
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. (niv)
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Philippians 1:11
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ— to the glory and praise of God. (niv)
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1John 2:3
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John 15:10
If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. (niv)
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Romans 7:18
For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. (niv)
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Romans 2:7
To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. (niv)
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1 Peter 2 1-1 Peter 2 2
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, (niv)
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James 1:22-25
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirrorand, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it— not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it— they will be blessed in what they do. (niv)
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James 1:16-19
Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, (niv)
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Romans 7:4
So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. (niv)
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James 5:7-8
Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 7 19
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts. (niv)
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Philippians 3:13-15
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. (niv)
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Ezekiel 36:26-27
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. (niv)
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Hebrews 2:1
We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. (niv)
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Jeremiah 31:33
“ This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord.“ I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. (niv)
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Jeremiah 32:29
The Babylonians who are attacking this city will come in and set it on fire; they will burn it down, along with the houses where the people aroused my anger by burning incense on the roofs to Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods. (niv)
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Jeremiah 15:16
When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty. (niv)
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Psalms 119:11
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. (niv)
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Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, (niv)
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Job 23:11-12
My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread. (niv)
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James 1:4
Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (niv)
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Psalms 119:127-129
Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them. (niv)
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Psalms 51:10
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. (niv)
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Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith— and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— (niv)
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Psalms 1:1-3
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. (niv)
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Hebrews 6:11-12
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. (niv)
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John 14:21-24
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”Then Judas( not Judas Iscariot) said,“ But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”Jesus replied,“ Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. (niv)