Bible Verses about “culture”

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”

“Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”

“For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”

“And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”

“¶ Be ye followers of me, even as I also [am] of Christ.”

“Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered [them] to you.”

“And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;”

“¶ Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]:”

“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.”

“‹If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.›”

“¶ Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:”

“Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of Christ.”

“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;”

“But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.”

“These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

“Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)”

“God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;”

“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;”

“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:”

“‹The life is more than meat, and the body› [is more] ‹than raiment.›”

“¶ Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, [Ye] men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.”

“And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.”

“That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:”

“For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.”

“And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;”

“To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some.”

“¶ For though I be free from all [men], yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.”

“To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.”

“And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with [you].”

“Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;”

“¶ For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];”

“For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.”

“Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.”

“Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead.”

“Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace;”

“Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.”

“Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.”

“For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.”

“Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.”

“¶ And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming [thither] went into the synagogue of the Jews.”

“¶ Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.”

“And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:”

“The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather [others] to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.”

“And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.”

“And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [is]?”

“Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;”

“And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,”

“For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.”

“(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)”