For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died.

Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress. Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. ...

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

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.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

And as for your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.

And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

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.

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.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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,

Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,

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.

So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? ...

Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, ...

And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,

Which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

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.

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

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.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. ...

Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. ...

No one understands; no one seeks for God.

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them

For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

I and the Father are one.”

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

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.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. ...

The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.