Bible Verses About Christian Conduct

render, therefore, to all their dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;

and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

The love doth never fail; and whether there be prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;

for in part we know, and in part we prophecy;

and when that which is perfect may come, then that which is in part shall become useless.

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these is love.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

honour thy father and mother,

which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,