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Matthew 7:26-27
Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!”
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Matthew 7:21-23
“ Not everyone who says to me,‘ Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven– only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.On that day, many will say to me,‘ Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?’Then I will declare to them,‘ I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
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Luke 6:49
But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!”
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James 1:22-25
But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out– he will be blessed in what he does.
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2 Peter 1 5
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;
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Hebrews 11:7-8
By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.
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Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.
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1 Corinthians 13 2-1 Corinthians 13 3
And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.
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Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.
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Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.
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Titus 1:16
They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
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Matthew 5:20
For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Titus 3:8
This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.
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Acts 15:9
and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.
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James 2:26
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
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Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.
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Acts 8:21
You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!
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1 Thessalonians 1 3
because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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1 Corinthians 15 2
and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you– unless you believed in vain.
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Ephesians 2:8-10
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;it is not from works, so that no one can boast.For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.
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1John 5:4-5
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1 Timothy 1 5
But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
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Acts 8:13
Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.
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James 2:18
But someone will say,“ You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works.
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1 Timothy 4 8
For“ physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”
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James 2:16
and one of you says to them,“ Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?
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Romans 2:25
For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
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Jeremiah 7:8
“‘ But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.
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1 Corinthians 16 22
Let anyone who has no love for the Lord be accursed. Our Lord, come!