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Being An Example
1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 247 helpful votes
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Titus 2:6-7 ESV / 196 helpful votes
Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,
1 Peter 2:16 ESV / 105 helpful votes
Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 80 helpful votes
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
John 13:15 ESV / 75 helpful votes
For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.
1 Peter 2:12 ESV / 69 helpful votes
Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
Philippians 3:17 ESV / 61 helpful votes
Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.
John 13:35 ESV / 42 helpful votes
By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Philippians 4:9 ESV / 40 helpful votes
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Matthew 5:16 ESV / 40 helpful votes
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:13 ESV / 37 helpful votes
“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.
Titus 2:6-8 ESV / 34 helpful votes
Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.
Matthew 5:14 ESV / 34 helpful votes
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Proverbs 24:1-2 ESV / 34 helpful votes
Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them, for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.
John 3:16-17 ESV / 32 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
1 Corinthians 11:1 ESV / 24 helpful votes
Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
1 John 4:12 ESV / 18 helpful votes
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
Colossians 3:16 ESV / 17 helpful votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
1 Peter 2:21 ESV / 16 helpful votes
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
Titus 2:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes
Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,
Philippians 4:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Psalm 34:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
Romans 12:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Luke 1:37 ESV / 13 helpful votes
For nothing will be impossible with God.”
Mark 10:45 ESV / 13 helpful votes
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
1 John 2:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
2 Kings 4:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes
One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food.
1 Thessalonians 1:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
Colossians 3:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
Micah 6:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
1 Peter 5:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
James 5:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes
As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Titus 2:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
Philippians 4:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
James 1:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Hebrews 13:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
2 Thessalonians 3:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes
It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
Philippians 4:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 7 helpful votes
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 6 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood …
Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Titus 2:3-5 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
Colossians 3:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Galatians 6:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 6 helpful votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22 ESV / 6 helpful votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Galatians 2:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
1 Corinthians 4:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
I urge you, then, be imitators of me.
Romans 12:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
Acts 2:38 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
John 15:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 6 helpful votes
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. …
1 John 3:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:1-24 ESV / 5 helpful votes
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. …
1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes
But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,
Ephesians 5:1-33 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. …
Romans 12:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes
So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
Acts 10:1-48 ESV / 5 helpful votes
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, “Cornelius.” And he stared at him in terror and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter. …
John 8:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Luke 6:40 ESV / 5 helpful votes
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Deuteronomy 28:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,
3 John 1:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.
1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
1 Peter 4:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
1 Peter 4:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:
James 4:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
1 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
2 Thessalonians 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.
2 Thessalonians 3:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
1 Thessalonians 2:1-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts. For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness. …
Colossians 3:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Philippians 4:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 2:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Ephesians 5:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:1-2 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 5:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
2 Corinthians 10:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes
I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—
Romans 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Romans 8:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Romans 1:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
John 14:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
John 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Mark 16:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Mark 10:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes
What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Matthew 20:25-28 ESV / 4 helpful votes
But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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