1 Timothy 1:4
1:4 nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies.
Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan
that operates by faith.
1 Timothy 2:10
2:10 but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.
1 Timothy 3:16
3:16 And we all agree,
our religion contains amazing revelation:
He was revealed in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among Gentiles,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
1 Timothy 6:11
6:11 But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.
Acts 24:16
24:16 This is the reason
I do my best to always
have a clear
conscience toward God and toward people.
Acts 24:2
24:2 When Paul
had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him,
saying, “We have experienced a lengthy time
of peace through your rule,
and reforms
are being made in this nation
through your foresight.
Acts 3:12
3:12 When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, “Men of Israel,
why are you amazed at this? Why
do you stare at us as if we had made this man
walk by our own power or piety?
Titus 2:12
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,
Hebrews 5:14
5:14 But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.
Hebrews 5:2
5:2 He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,
Hebrews 1:5-8
The Son Is Superior to Angels
1:5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? And in another place he says, “I will be his father and he will be my son.”
1:6 But when he again brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!”
1:7 And he says of the angels, “He makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,”
1:8 but of the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.