1 Timothy 3:16
King James Version
16 And without controversy
great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifest in the flesh,
justified in the Spirit,
seen of angels,
preached unto the Gentiles,
believed on in the world,
received up into glory.
Who better to define "godliness" than Scripture?
Here's were SPIRIT led me:
Deuteronomy 7:9
King James Version
9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God,
he is God,
the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant and mercy
with them that love him
and keep his commandments
to a thousand generations;
Psalm 1:1-3
King James Version
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not
in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord;
and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;
his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Micah 6:8
King James Version
8 He hath shewed thee,
O man,
what is good;
and what doth the Lord require of thee,
but to do justly,
and to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with thy God?
Matthew 4:4
King James Version
4 But he answered and said,
It is written,
Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceedeth
out of the mouth of God.
Matthew 5:48
King James Version
48 Be ye therefore perfect,
even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 6:33
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33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew 18:3
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3 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.
Mark 12:29-30
King James Version
29 And Jesus answered him,
The first of all the commandments is,
Hear, O Israel;
The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind,
and with all thy strength:
this is the first commandment.
Mark 12:31
King James Version
31 And the second is like,
namely this,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these.
Luke 21:36
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36 Watch ye therefore,
and pray always,
that ye may be accounted worthy to escape
all these things that shall come to pass,
and to stand before the Son of man.
John 3:5-7
King James Version
5 Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
John 12:26
King James Version
26 If any man serve me,
let him follow me;
and where I am,
there shall also my servant be:
if any man serve me,
him will my Father honour.
Acts 2:38
King James Version
38 Then Peter said unto them,
Repent,
and be baptized every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 17:30
King James Version
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at;
but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Romans 5:2-5
King James Version
2 By whom also we have access by faith
into this grace wherein we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not only so,
but we glory in tribulations also:
knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4 And patience, experience;
and experience, hope:
5 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.
Romans 12:1
King James Version
12 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.
Romans 12:2
King James Version
2 And be not conformed to this world:
but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable,
and perfect,
will of God.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
King James Version
19 What?
know ye not that your body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God,
and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body,
and in your spirit,
which are God's.
2 Corinthians 7:1
King James Version
7 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.
2 Corinthians 10:5
King James Version
5 Casting down imaginations,
and every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into captivity every thought
to the obedience of Christ;
Galatians 2:20
King James Version
20 I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:
and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me,
and gave himself for me.
Philippians 2:3-6
King James Version
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory;
but in lowliness of mind
let each esteem other better than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things,
but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who,
being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Colossians 3:10
King James Version
10 And have put on the new man,
which is renewed in knowledge
after the image of him that created him:
1 Timothy 2:1-2
King James Version
2 I exhort therefore, that,
first of all,
supplications, prayers, intercessions,
and giving of thanks,
be made for all men;
2 For kings,
and for all that are in authority;
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life
in all godliness and honesty.
1 Timothy 4:8
King James Version
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little:
but godliness is profitable unto all things,
having promise of the life that now is,
and of that which is to come.
1 Timothy 4:7-8
King James Version
7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables,
and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little:
but godliness is profitable unto all things,
having promise of the life that now is,
and of that which is to come.
1 Timothy 6:6-8
King James Version
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing into this world,
and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
1 Timothy 6:17-19
King James Version
17 Charge them that are rich in this world,
that they be not highminded,
nor trust in uncertain riches,
but in the living God,
who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
18 That they do good,
that they be rich in good works,
ready to distribute,
willing to communicate;
19 Laying up in store for themselves
a good foundation against the time to come,
that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Hebrews 12:28-29
King James Version
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom
which cannot be moved,
let us have grace,
whereby we may serve God acceptably
with reverence and godly fear:
29 For our God is a consuming fire.
James 1:27
King James Version
27 Pure religion
and undefiled before God and the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
1 Peter 5:6-7
King James Version
6 Humble yourselves therefore
under the mighty hand of God,
that he may exalt you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon him;
for he careth for you.
2 Peter 1:5-8
King James Version
5 And beside this,
giving all diligence,
add to your faith virtue;
and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance;
and to temperance patience;
and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness;
and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you,
and abound,
they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful
in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:11-12
King James Version
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,
what manner of persons ought ye to be
in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting
unto the coming of the day of God,
wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
1 John 4:7
King James Version
7 Beloved,
let us love one another:
for love is of God;
and every one that loveth is born of God,
and knoweth God.
1 John 4:16
King James Version
16 And we have known and believed the love
that God hath to us.
God is love;
and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God,
and God in him.
Jude 20-21
King James Version
20 But ye, beloved,
building up yourselves on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ
unto eternal life.
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