For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,
And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
For when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will sanctify my name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them. I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I formed you; you are my servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.
but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.
You shall walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.
and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.
to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.
whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.”
who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!
Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?
in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
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