Bible verses about "teenagers" | Haweis

¹ THEN was Jesus led away by the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. ² And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he became hungry. ³ And the tempter coming to him said, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones be made loaves. ⁴ But he answering said, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." ⁵ Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and placed him on a wing of the temple, ⁶ and saith to him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, "that he shall give his angels a charge concerning thee: and in their hands shall they hold thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone." ⁷ Jesus said unto him, It is written again, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." ⁸ Again the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; ⁹ and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall prostrate and worship me. ¹⁰ Then saith Jesus unto him, Avaunt Satan! for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and to him only thou pay divine adoration." ¹¹ Then the devil leaveth him, and lo! angels came and ministered unto him. ¹² But when Jesus heard that John was cast into prison, he retired into Galilee; ¹³ and leaving Nazareth, he came and resided at Capernaum, a maritime city, on the confines of Zebulun and Nephthali: ¹⁴ that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, saying, ¹⁵ "The land of Zabulun, and the land of Naphthali, the road to the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; ¹⁶ the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; and on those who sat in the region and shadow of death, even on them hath the light arisen." ¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is approaching. ¹⁸ And as Jesus was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁹ And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. ²⁰ Then immediately quitting their nets they followed him. ²¹ And going on from thence, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. ²² Then they instantly quitting the ship and their father, followed him. ²³ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every malady among the people. ²⁴ And there went out a report of him into all Syria: and they brought unto him all who had illness, the afflicted with various diseases and painful complaints, and the demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them. ²⁵ And great multitudes followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond Jordan.

⁷ For God hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of courage, and of love, and of sobriety.

⁷ casting all your anxiety upon him; for he careth for you.

¹³ Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, vigilant, wait with assured hope for the grace, which shall be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; ¹⁴ as obedient children, not conformed to the former passions of the days of your ignorance: ¹⁵ but as he who hath called you is holy, be ye holy also in all your conduct: ¹⁶ because it is written, "Be ye holy; for I am holy." ¹⁷ And if ye invoke him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, conduct yourselves during the time of your sojourning with [jealous] fear: ¹⁸ knowing that ye have not been redeemed out of your vain manner of life, derived traditionally from your fathers, by the corruptible things, silver and gold, ¹⁹ but by the precious blood of Christ, as the unblemished and spotless lamb: ²⁰ who was indeed predestined before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for us, ²¹ who by him believe in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

¹³ No temptation hath overtaken you, but what is common to men. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to bear; but will with the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear up under it.

²² But flee youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart. ²³ But foolish and uninstructive disputes avoid, knowing that they produce quarrels. ²⁴ And a servant of the Lord ought not to quarrel; but to be gentle to all men, apt to teach, forbearing, ²⁵ with meekness correcting those who are opposers, if at last God may give unto them repentance so as to submit to the conviction of the truth; ²⁶ and that they may escape out of the snare of the devil, who have been captured by him for his will.

¹² Let no man despise thy youth; but be a pattern of the faithful, in discourse; in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.