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If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’
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His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’
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Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its saltness, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
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For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will not always have me.
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And the angel said to them, “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people;
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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish.
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give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”
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If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
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And he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
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And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.’
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Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man—though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die.
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For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it.
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Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
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For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,
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and not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work which we are carrying on, for the glory of the Lord and to show our good will.
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rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to men,
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knowing that whatever good any one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
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And I am sure that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
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Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.
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for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
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A Good Minister of Jesus Christ
If you put these instructions before the brethren, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.
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If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble, then he will be a vessel for noble use, consecrated and useful to the master of the house, ready for any good work.
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but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
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equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in you that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
