1 John 3:7
3:7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness
is righteous, just as Jesus
is righteous.
1 John 3:10
3:10 By this
the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness – the one who does not love his fellow Christian
– is not of God.
Jeremiah 13:23
13:23 But there is little hope for you ever doing good,
you who are so accustomed to doing evil.
Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin?
Can a leopard remove its spots?
Matthew 7:16-18
7:16 You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered
from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?
7:17 In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad
tree bears bad fruit.
7:18 A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.
Acts 10:35
10:35 but in every nation
the person who fears him
and does what is right
is welcomed before him.
Titus 2:12-14
2:12 It trains us
to reject godless ways
and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
2:13 as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing
of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
2:14 He
gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his,
who are eager to do good.