Bible verses about "practical christian living" | RKJNT

¹² Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, leading you to turn away from the living God. ¹³ But encourage one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. ¹⁴ For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold our first confidence steadfast to the end; ¹⁵ While it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion. ¹⁶ For who were those who rebelled when they had heard? was it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? ¹⁷ And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who had sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸ And to whom did he swear that they should not enter his rest, but to those who disobeyed? ¹⁹ So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

¹ James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greetings. ² My brethren, count it all joy when you encounter various trials; ³ Knowing that the trying of your faith produces endurance. ⁴ And let endurance have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. ⁵ If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally, and without reproach; and it shall be given him. ⁶ But let him ask in faith, without wavering. For he who wavers is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. ⁷ Let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord, ⁸ For a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. ⁹ Let the brother of humble circumstances rejoice that he is exalted: ¹⁰ And the rich, that he is made humble: because like the flower of the grass he shall pass away. ¹¹ For the sun has no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. In the same way shall the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits. ¹² Blessed is the man who endures trial: for when he has stood the test, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love him. ¹³ Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, nor does he tempt any man: ¹⁴ But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away and enticed by his own lust. ¹⁵ Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is fully-grown, brings forth death. ¹⁶ Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. ¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. ¹⁸ By his own will he brought us forth with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. ¹⁹ Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger: ²⁰ For the anger of man does not promote the righteousness of God. ²¹ Therefore, lay aside all filthiness and the wickedness that is so abundant, and receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. ²² But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³ For if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: ²⁴ For he beholds himself, and goes his way, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was. ²⁵ But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and perseveres in it, not being a forgetful hearer, but an active doer, this man shall be blessed in what he does. ²⁶ If any man among you thinks he is religious, but does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his own heart and his religion is in vain. ²⁷ This is pure and undefiled religion before God the Father: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted by the world.

³⁸ Then Peter said to them, Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶ All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

¹⁵ Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

³³ But seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

² And do not be conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good, and acceptable, and perfect.