What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?

Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life.

This is what the Lord says to Israel: “Seek me and live.”

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions.

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”

“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.”

He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.

Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.

Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord.

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.

Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.”

We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.

Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.

As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.