sothat you may approvethe things that are excellent,in orderto be sincereand blamelessuntilthe dayof Christ;
And do not be conformedto thisworld,but be transformedby the renewingof your mind,sothat you may provewhatthe willof Godis, that which is goodand acceptableand perfect.
sothat He may establishyour heartswithout blamein holinessbeforeour Godand Fatherat the comingof our LordJesuswith allHis saints.
Nowmay the Godof peaceHimselfsanctifyyou entirely;and may your spiritand souland bodybe preservedcomplete,without blameat the comingof our LordJesusChrist.
and know[His] willand approvethe things that are essential,being instructedout of the Law,
trying to learnwhatis pleasingto the Lord.
Beloved,do not believeeveryspirit,but testthe spiritsto see whetherthey are from God,becausemanyfalse prophetshave goneout into the world.
[For I am] confidentof thisvery thing,that He who begana goodworkin you will perfectit untilthe dayof ChristJesus.
But examineeverything[carefully]; hold fastto that which is good;
whowill alsoconfirmyou to the end,blamelessin the dayof our LordJesusChrist.
I knowyour deedsand your toiland perseverance,and that you cannottolerateevil men,and you put to the testthosewho callthemselvesapostles,and they are not, and you foundthem [to be] false;
that He might presentto Himselfthe churchin all her glory,havingnospotorwrinkleoranysuch thing;but that she would be holyand blameless.
JesussawNathanaelcomingto Him, and saidof him, "Behold,an Israeliteindeed,in whomthereis nodeceit!"
But He turnedand saidto Peter,"GetbehindMe, Satan!You are a stumbling blockto Me; for you are not setting your mindon God'sinterests, but man's."
"Now,therefore, fearthe LORDand serveHim in sincerityand truth;and putawaythe godswhichyour fathersservedbeyondthe Riverand in Egypt,and servethe LORD.
For our proud confidenceis this:the testimonyof our conscience,that in holinessand godlysincerity,not in fleshlywisdombut in the graceof God,we have conductedourselves in the world,and especiallytowardyou.
[Let] love[be] without hypocrisy.Abhorwhat is evil;clingto what is good.
becausethe mind seton the fleshis hostiletowardGod;for it does not subjectitself to the lawof God,for it is not evenable[to do so],
But Petersaidto Him, "[Even] thoughallmay fallawaybecauseof You, I will neverfall away."
"You who hategoodand loveevil,Who tearofftheir skinfrom them And their fleshfrom their bones,
"For the eartestswordsAs the palatetastesfood.
"Does not the eartestwords,As the palatetastesits food?
"Did he not himselfsayto me, 'She is my sister?And she herselfsaid,'He is my brother.'In the integrityof my heartand the innocenceof my handsI have donethis."
the latter[do it] out of love,knowingthat I am appointedfor the defenseof the gospel;
Gracebe with allthosewho loveour LordJesusChristwith incorruptible[love].
but speaking the truthin love,we are to growup in all[aspects] into Him whois the head,[even] Christ,
But I, brethren,ifI stillpreachcircumcision,whyam I stillpersecuted?Thenthe stumbling blockof the crosshas been abolished.
I am not speaking[this] as a command,but as provingthroughthe earnestnessof othersthe sincerityof your lovealso.
givingnocause for offensein anything,sothat the ministrywill not be discredited,
For we are not likemany,peddlingthe wordof God,but as from sincerity,but as from God,we speakin Christin the sightof God.
Giveno offenseeitherto Jewsorto Greeksorto the churchof God;
Therefore,iffoodcausesmy brotherto stumble,I will nevereatmeatagain, sothat I will not causemy brotherto stumble.
NowI urgeyou, brethren,keep your eyeon thosewho causedissensionsand hindrancescontraryto the teachingwhichyou learned,and turn awayfrom them.
For I joyfully concurwith the lawof Godin the innerman,
But ifI dothe very thingI do not want[to do], I agreewith the Law, [confessing] that the Lawis good.
"In view of this,I alsodo my bestto maintainalwaysa blamelessconscience[both] beforeGodand before men.
"For everyonewho doesevilhatesthe Light,and does not cometo the Lightfor fearthat his deedswill be exposed.
holding fastthe wordof life,sothat in the dayof ChristI will have reason to glorybecauseI did not runin vainnortoilin vain.