1 Timothy 1:5

New International Reader's Version

Love is the purpose of my command. Love comes from a pure heart. It comes from a good sense of what is right and wrong. It comes from faith that is honest and true.

Cross References

Psalm 24:4

Anyone who has clean hands and a pure heart. Anyone who does not trust in the statue of a god. Anyone who doesn’t use the name of that god when he makes a promise.

Psalm 51:10

God, create a pure heart in me. Give me a new spirit that is faithful to you.

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, wash your sins from your hearts and be saved. How long will you hold on to your evil thoughts?

Zephaniah 3:7

Here is what I thought about Jerusalem. ‘Surely you will have respect for me. Surely you will accept my warning.’ Then the city you think is safe would not be destroyed. And I would not have to punish you so much. But they still wanted to go on sinning in every way they could.

Matthew 12:35

A good man says good things. These come from the good that is stored up inside him. An evil man says evil things. These come from the evil that is stored up inside him.

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are those whose hearts are pure. They will see God.

Acts 15:9

God showed that there is no difference between us and them. That’s because he made their hearts pure because of their faith.

Acts 23:1

Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin. “My brothers,” he said, “I have always done my duty to God. To this day I feel that I have done nothing wrong.”

Acts 24:16

So I always try not to do anything wrong in the eyes of God or in the eyes of people.

Romans 10:4

Christ has fulfilled everything the law was meant to do. So now everyone who believes can be right with God.

Romans 12:9

Love must be honest and true. Hate what is evil. Hold on to what is good.

Romans 14:15

Your brother or sister may be upset by what you eat. If they are, you are no longer acting as though you love them. So don’t destroy them by what you eat. Remember that Christ died for them.

Romans 9:1

I speak the truth in Christ. I am not lying. My mind tells me that what I say is true. It is guided by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 13:1

Suppose I speak in the languages of human beings or of angels. If I don’t have love, I am only a loud gong or a noisy cymbal.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Here is what we take pride in. Our sense of what is right and wrong tells us how we have acted. We have lived with honor and godly honesty. We have depended on God’s grace and not on the world’s wisdom. We lived that way most of all when we were dealing with you.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit the Holy Spirit produces is love, joy and peace. It is being patient, kind and good. It is being faithful

Galatians 5:6

Circumcision and uncircumcision aren’t worth anything to those who believe in Christ Jesus. The only thing that really counts is faith that shows itself through love.

Deuteronomy 10:12

And now, Israel, what is the Lord your God asking you to do? Honor him. Live exactly as he wants you to live. Love him. Serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

1 Timothy 1:18

My son Timothy, I am giving you this command. It is in keeping with the prophecies once made about you. By remembering them, you can fight the battle well.

1 Timothy 1:19

Then you will hold on to faith. You will hold on to a good sense of what is right and wrong. Some have not accepted this knowledge of right and wrong. So they have destroyed their faith. They are like a ship that has sunk.

1 Timothy 3:9

They must hold on to the deep truths of the faith. Even their own minds tell them to do that.

2 Timothy 1:3

I thank God, whom I serve as did our people of long ago. I serve God, knowing that what I have done is right. Night and day I thank God for you. Night and day I always remember you in my prayers.

2 Timothy 1:5

I remember your honest and true faith. It was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice. And I am certain that it is now alive in you also.

2 Timothy 2:22

Run away from the evil things that young people long for. Try hard to do what is right. Have faith, love and peace. Do these things together with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Titus 1:15

To people who are pure, all things are pure. But to those who have twisted minds and don’t believe, nothing is pure. In fact, their minds and their sense of what is right and wrong are twisted.

Hebrews 10:22

So let us come near to God with a sincere heart. Let us come near boldly because of our faith. Our hearts have been sprinkled. Our minds have been cleansed from a sense of guilt. Our bodies have been washed with pure water.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us. We feel sure we have done what is right. We desire to live as we should in every way.

Hebrews 9:14

But Christ offered himself to God without any flaw. He did this through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. So how much cleaner will the blood of Christ make us! It washes away our feelings of guilt for committing sin. Sin always leads to death. But now we can serve the living God.

James 4:8

Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Make your hearts pure, you who can’t make up your minds.

1 Peter 1:22

You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true love for each other. So love one another deeply, from your hearts.

1 Peter 3:16

Live so that you don’t have to feel you’ve done anything wrong. Some people may say evil things about your good conduct as believers in Christ. If they do, they will be put to shame for speaking like this about you.

1 Peter 3:21

The water of the flood is a picture. It is a picture of the baptism that now saves you too. This baptism has nothing to do with removing dirt from your body. Instead, it promises God that you will keep a clear sense of right and wrong. This baptism saves you by the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead.

1 Peter 4:8

Most of all, love one another deeply. Love erases many sins by forgiving them.

2 Peter 1:7

To godliness, add kindness for one another. And to kindness for one another, add love.

1 John 3:10

Here is how you can tell the difference between God’s children and the devil’s children. Anyone who doesn’t do what is right isn’t God’s child. And anyone who doesn’t love their brother or sister isn’t God’s child either.

1 John 3:23

God has commanded us to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ. He has also commanded us to love one another.

1 John 3:3

Christ is pure. All who hope to be like him make themselves pure.