But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
Therefore encourage one another with these words.
For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.
When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose,
But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
For you know how, like a father with his children,
He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com.