Bible Verses about “striving for excellence”

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.”

“And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;”

“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”

“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”

“Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”

“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”

“And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,”

“¶ Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.”

“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

“And patience, experience; and experience, hope:”

“Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.”

“‹Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.›”

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”

“And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them]:”

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”

“Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.”

“¶ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:”

“¶ Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.”

“(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.”

“Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.”

“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”

“¶ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”

“Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”

“¶ Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”

“Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.”

“For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”

“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”

“But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.”

“And not as [it was] by one that sinned, [so is] the gift: for the judgment [was] by one to condemnation, but the free gift [is] of many offences unto justification.”

“For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)”

“Therefore as by the offence of one [judgment came] upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [the free gift came] upon all men unto justification of life.”

“For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.”

“Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:”

“That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”

“And not only [so], but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.”

“Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ,”

“¶ And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.”

“Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.”

“Likewise also the good works [of some] are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.”