Sanctification

The modern reading affects spiritual truth or wisdom, impacting the way we ought to think and walk in Christ. 84 verses

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  1. Psalm 1:2KJV But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.NIV but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.
  2. Psalm 26:3KJV For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.NET For I am ever aware of your faithfulness, and your loyalty continually motivates me.
  3. Psalm 85:13KJV Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.NET Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him.
  4. Psalm 139:16KJV Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.NIV Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
  5. Proverbs 16:1KJV The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.NIV To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue.
  6. Isaiah 26:3KJV Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.NIV You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
  7. Isaiah 38:19KJV The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.NIV The living, the living—they praise you, as I am doing today; parents tell their children about your faithfulness.
  8. Matthew 5:44KJV But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;NIV But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
  9. Matthew 11:29KJV Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.NIV Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  10. Matthew 18:3KJV And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.NIV And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
  11. Matthew 20:22KJV But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.ESV Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink ?” They said to him, “We are able.”
  12. Mark 2:17KJV When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.NIV On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners .”
  13. Mark 10:21KJV Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and…NIV Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
  14. Mark 13:33KJV Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.NASB “Watch out, stay alert ; for you do not know when the appointed time is.
  15. Luke 6:48KJV He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.NIV They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
  16. Luke 9:55KJV But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.NIV But Jesus turned and rebuked them .
  17. Luke 11:28KJV But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.NIV He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
  18. Luke 12:31KJV But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.NASB But seek His kingdom, and these things will be provided to you.
  19. Luke 17:3KJV Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.NASB Be on your guard! If your brother sins , rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
  20. John 5:39KJV Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.NIV You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,
  21. John 17:17KJV Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.NIV Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
  22. John 17:19KJV And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.NASB And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
  23. John 17:20KJV Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;LSB “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word;
  24. Romans 8:1KJV There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.NIV Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
  25. Romans 8:16KJV The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:NIV The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
  26. Romans 14:4KJV Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.NIV Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
  27. 1 Corinthians 4:16KJV Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.NET I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.
  28. 1 Corinthians 11:19KJV For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.NIV No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.
  29. 1 Corinthians 13:1KJV Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.NIV If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
  30. 1 Corinthians 13:5KJV Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;NASB It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,
  31. 1 Corinthians 13:7KJV Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.NASB it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
  32. 1 Corinthians 13:12KJV For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.NIV For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
  33. 1 Corinthians 13:13KJV And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.NIV And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
  34. 1 Corinthians 14:14KJV For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.NASB For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.
  35. Galatians 3:1KJV O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?NIV You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you ? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified .
  36. Galatians 5:4KJV Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.NIV You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
  37. Galatians 5:22KJV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,NIV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  38. Galatians 5:23KJV Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.NIV gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
  39. Ephesians 1:4-5KJV {v.4} According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: {v.5} Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ…NASB {v.4} just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love {v.5} He predestined us to adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself,…
  40. Ephesians 4:12KJV For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:NIV to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
  41. Ephesians 4:13KJV Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:NIV until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
  42. Philippians 3:3KJV For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.NASB for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and take pride in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh,
  43. Philippians 3:17KJV Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.NET Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.
  44. Colossians 2:7KJV Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.NIV rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
  45. Colossians 2:8KJV 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.NASB See to it that there is no one who takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception in accordance with human tradition, in accordance with the elementary principles of the world, rather than in accordance with…
  46. Colossians 3:2KJV Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.NKJV Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
  47. Colossians 3:14KJV And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.NIV And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
  48. 1 Thessalonians 1:6KJV And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:NET And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.
  49. 1 Thessalonians 3:13KJV To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.NASB so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.
  50. 1 Thessalonians 5:22KJV Abstain from all appearance of evil.NASB abstain from every form of evil.
  51. 1 Timothy 1:2KJV Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.NIV To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  52. 1 Timothy 3:3KJV Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;NIV not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
  53. 1 Timothy 4:10KJV For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.NASB For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all mankind, especially of believers.
  54. 1 Timothy 4:12KJV 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.LSB Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but show yourself as a model to those who believe in word, conduct, love, faith, and purity.
  55. 1 Timothy 5:4KJV But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.NKJV But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents; for this is good and acceptable before God.
  56. 1 Timothy 5:16KJV If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.”NASB If any woman who is a believer has dependent widows, she must assist them and the church must not be burdened, so that it may assist those who are actually widows.
  57. 1 Timothy 6:5KJV Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.NIV and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain .
  58. 1 Timothy 6:7KJV For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.NIV For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
  59. 1 Timothy 6:19KJV Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.NLT By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life.
  60. 1 Timothy 6:20KJV O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:NASB Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge”—
  61. 2 Timothy 2:19KJV Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.NIV Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”
  62. 2 Timothy 3:3KJV Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,NIV without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
  63. Titus 2:4KJV That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,NASB so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
  64. Titus 2:7KJV In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,NASB in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified,
  65. Titus 2:13KJV Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;NIV while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
  66. Titus 3:10KJV A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;NIV Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.
  67. Hebrews 3:6KJV But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.NIV But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory .
  68. Hebrews 6:10KJV For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.NASB For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, by having served and by still serving the saints.
  69. Hebrews 6:12KJV That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.NET so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.
  70. Hebrews 10:14KJV For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.NIV For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
  71. Hebrews 10:19KJV Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,ESV Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
  72. Hebrews 11:6KJV But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.NASB And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for the one who comes to God must believe that He exists, and that He proves to be One who rewards those who seek Him.
  73. James 5:16KJV Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.NIV Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
  74. 1 Peter 1:22KJV Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:NIV Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.
  75. 1 Peter 2:2KJV As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:NIV Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
  76. 1 Peter 4:14KJV If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.ESV If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
  77. 1 Peter 5:10KJV But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.NIV And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ , after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
  78. 2 Peter 1:7KJV And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.NIV and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
  79. 2 Peter 2:17KJV These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.ESV These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm.For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved .
  80. 1 John 3:9KJV Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.NIV No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.
  81. 1 John 3:14KJV We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.LSB We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. The one who does not love abides in death.
  82. 1 John 3:19KJV And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.ESV By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;
  83. 3 John 1:11KJV Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.NIV Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.
  84. Jude 1:5KJV I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.ESV Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.