Bible Verses about “performance”

“‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›”

“¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.”

“‹For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.›”

“Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”

“‹Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.›”

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”

“[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”

“¶ NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

“¶ A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”

“¶ 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]:”

“Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.”

“¶ How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.”

“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure.”

“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”

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

“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:”

“If any man speak in an [unknown] tongue, [let it be] by two, or at the most [by] three, and [that] by course; and let one interpret.”

“For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”

“But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.”

“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,”

“For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.”

“Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.”

“If [any thing] be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.”

“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him:”

“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;”

“Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,”

“Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.”

“Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.”

“(Touch not; taste not; handle not;”

“Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?”

“Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,”

“And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.”

“And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:”

“Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.”

“For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.”

“[And] having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”

“But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.”

“That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;”

“In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:”

“For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.”

“In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”

“¶ And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;”

“¶ For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and [for] them at Laodicea, and [for] as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;”

“¶ And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.”

“¶ Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints.”

“For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.”

“Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.”

“Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.”

“¶ [Let] the high [praises] of God [be] in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;”