Bible Verses About Religious Zeal

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,

for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last--as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

we are fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we are ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,

and labour, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become--of all things an offscouring--till now.

Not as putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,

for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I--I did beget you;

I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;

because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.

And as if I were not coming unto you certain were puffed up;

but I will come quickly unto you, if the Lord may will, and I will know not the word of those puffed up, but the power;

for not in word is the reign of God, but in power?

what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?

so that we may keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened food of sincerity and truth.

And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened--that both those having wives may be as not having;

and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;

and those using this world, as not using it up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.

if others do partake of the authority over you--not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.