Bible verses about "empowerment" | Moffatt

¹⁸ Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth; ¹⁹ go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teach them to obey all the commands I have laid on you. And I will be with you all the time, to the very end of the world."

¹ James, a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: greeting. ² Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial, ³ sure that the sterling temper of your faith produces endurance; ⁴ only, let your endurance be a finished product, so that you may be finished and complete, with never a defect. ⁵ Whoever of you is defective in wisdom, let him ask God who gives to all men without question or reproach, and the gift will be his. ⁶ Only, let him ask in faith, with never a doubt; for the doubtful man is like surge of the sea whirled and swayed by the wind; ⁷ that man need not imagine he will get anything from God, ⁸ double-minded creature that he is, wavering at every turn. ⁹ Let a brother of low position exult when he is raised; ¹⁰ but let one who is rich exult in being lowered; for the rich will pass away like the flower of the grass — ¹¹ up comes the sun with the scorching wind and withers the grass, its flower drops off, and the splendour of it is ruined: so shall the rich fade away amid their pursuits. ¹² Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him. ¹³ Let no one who is tried by temptation say, 'My temptation comes from God'; God is incapable of being tempted by evil and he tempts no one. ¹⁴ Everyone is tempted as he is beguiled and allured by his own desire; ¹⁵ then Desire conceives and breeds Sin, while Sin matures and gives birth to Death. ¹⁶ Make no mistake about this, my beloved brothers: ¹⁷ all we are given is good, and all our endowments are faultless, descending from above, from the Father of the heavenly lights, who knows no change of rising and setting, who casts no shadow on the earth. ¹⁸ It was his own will that we should be born by the Word of the truth, to be a kind of firstfruits among his creatures. ¹⁹ Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry — ²⁰ for human anger does not promote divine righteousness; ²¹ so clear away all the foul rank growth of malice, and make a soil of modesty for the Word which roots itself inwardly with power to save your souls. ²² Act on the Word, instead of merely listening to it and deluding yourselves. ²³ For whoever listens and does nothing, is like a man who glances at his natural face in a mirror; ²⁴ he glances at himself, goes off, and at once forgets what he was like. ²⁵ Whereas he who gazes into the faultless law of freedom and remains in that position, proving himself to be no forgetful listener but an active agent, he will be blessed in his activity. ²⁶ Whoever considers he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is futile. ²⁷ Pure, unsoiled religion in the judgment of God the Father means this: to care for orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself from the stain of the world.

¹⁶ All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for amendment, and for moral discipline,

¹³ In him who strengthens me I am able for anything.

¹⁶ Hence I never lose heart; though my outward man decays, my inner man is renewed day after day. ¹⁷ The slight trouble of the passing hour results in a solid glory past all comparison, ¹⁸ for those of us whose eyes are on the unseen, not on the seen; for the seen is transient, the unseen eternal.

³ Inasmuch as his power divine has bestowed on us every requisite for life and piety by the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence — ⁴ bestowing on us thereby promises precious and supreme, that by means of them you may escape the corruption produced within the world by lust, and participate in the divine nature —

¹² and it schools us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live a life of self-mastery, of integrity, and of piety in this present world,

¹⁹ I have indeed given you the power of treading on serpents and scorpions and of trampling down all the power of the Enemy; nothing shall injure you. ²⁰ Only, do not rejoice because the spirits obey you: rejoice because your names are enrolled in heaven."

⁴ My dear children, you belong to God, and you have conquered all such, for He who is within you is greater than he who is in the world.

⁸ You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

⁹ but he told me, "It is enough for you to have my grace: it is in weakness that [my] power is fully felt." So I am proud to boast of all my weakness, and thus to have the power of Christ resting on my life.