Bible verses about "compromise" | Sawyer

²⁴ No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the first, and love the other, or he will adhere to the first, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches.

^{34 (8:6)} And calling the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wishes to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.

⁶ Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me.

²⁵ who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creation more than the Creator, who is blessed forever, amen.

⁶ Be anxious for nothing, but with all prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

^{1 (2:1)} IT is a true saying, If any one desires an episcopate he desires a good work. ² It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach, ³ not a wine-drinker, not a quarrelsome man, but gentle, not contentious, not avaricious, ⁴ ruling well his own house, having his children in subjection with all dignity,— ⁵ but if any one knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?— ⁶ not a novice, lest being inflated with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. ⁷ And he must also have a good name from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil. ^{8 (2:2)} The deacons in like manner ought to be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not devoted to base gain, ⁹ having the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. ¹⁰ And let these be proved first, then let them serve, being found blameless. ¹¹ The women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, circumspect, faithful in all things. ¹² Let the deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling well their children and their own houses. ¹³ For they who exercise the deaconship well, procure for themselves an honorable standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. ^{14 (2:3)} These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly; ¹⁵ but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. ¹⁶ And confessedly great is the mystery of piety; [Christ,] who was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen by angels, was preached to the nations, was believed on in the world, was received up into glory.

⁵ not by works of righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

¹² Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

³³ But seek first righteousness and his kingdom, and all these things shall be added to you.

^{5 (2:2)} Put to death, therefore, your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness which is idolatry,

⁷ For many deceivers have gone out into the world, who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in the flesh; this is the deceiver, and the antichrist. ⁸ Take heed to yourselves, that ye lose not the labor which you performed, but receive a full reward. ⁹ Every one who goes beyond, and continues not in the doctrine of Christ, is without God. He that continues in the doctrine has both the Son and the Father. ¹⁰ If any one comes to you and brings not this doctrine, receive him not into your houses, and salute him not; ¹¹ for he that salutes him is a partaker of his evil works.

²⁷ And he answered and said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.

¹⁷ He therefore that knows how to do good and does it not, to him it is sin.

^{1 (9:1)} I EXHORT you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice; holy, well pleasing to God, your reasonable service; ² and be not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, that you may prove what is the will of God which is good and well-pleasing and perfect. ³ For I say through the grace given me, to every one among you, not to be higher-minded than he ought to be, but to think soberly, as God has distributed to each the measure of faith. ⁴ For as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office, ⁵ so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of another; ⁶ but having different gifts according to the grace given us, if prophecy [let us prophesy] according to the analogy of the faith, ⁷ if a service [let us labor] in the service, if one teaches, in teaching, ⁸ if one exhorts in the exhortation, he that gives, with simplicity, he that rules, with diligence, he that exercises mercy, with cheerfulness. ^{9 (9:2)} Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil, adhere to that which is good, ¹⁰ be kindly disposed one to another with brotherly love, in honor prefer one another, ¹¹ be not slothful in business, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord, ¹² rejoice in the hope, be patient in affliction, be persevering in prayer, ¹³ contribute to the necessity of saints, practise hospitality. ¹⁴ Bless those that persecute, bless and curse not. ¹⁵ Rejoice with the rejoicing, weep with the weeping. ¹⁶ Desire the same thing one for another; desire not the high, but be satisfied with the humble. Be not wise in your own conceit. ¹⁷ Render evil for evil to no one, provide things honorable in the sight of all men; ¹⁸ if possible, as much as may be in your power, live peaceably with all men, ¹⁹ not vindicating yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, Judgment is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. ²⁰ If therefore your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for doing this you shall heap coals of fire on his head. ²¹ Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

^{1 (10:1)} RECEIVE the weak in faith, not to doubtful reasonings. ² For one has faith to eat all things, but he that is weak eats vegetables. ³ Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats; for God has accepted him. ⁴ Who are you that judge another man's servant? To his master he stands or falls; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. ^{5 (10:2)} One judges one day to be better than another, but another judges every day [to be alike]. Let each one be fully persuaded in his mind. ⁶ He that observes the day observes it to the Lord, and he that observes not the day observes it not to the Lord. And he that eats eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that eats not eats not to the Lord, and gives God thanks. ⁷ For no one of us lives for himself; and no one dies for himself; ⁸ for if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; whether therefore we live, or whether we die, we are the Lord's. ⁹ For this end Christ died and lived again, that he might exercise lordship over the dead and living. ¹⁰ But why do you judge your brother? why do you set at nought your brother? for we must all stand at the tribunal of God. ¹¹ For it is written, [As] I live, says the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess to God. ¹² Each of us therefore shall give account of himself to God. ^{13 (10:3)} Let us not therefore judge one another, but judge this rather, not to place a stumbling-block or an offense before a brother. ¹⁴ I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is defiled in itself, except to him that thinks any thing to be defiled; to him it is defiled. ¹⁵ For if your brother is grieved by your food, you no longer walk in love. Destroy not with your food him for whom Christ died. ¹⁶ Let not your good therefore be injuriously spoken of. ¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit; ¹⁸ for he that in this serves Christ is well pleasing to God and approved by men. ¹⁹ Let us therefore pursue the things of peace and those which edify one another. ²⁰ On account of food destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure, but evil is to the man that eats with offense; ²¹ it is good not to eat meat nor drink wine, nor [do] any thing by which your brother stumbles. ²² You have faith; have it for yourself before God, Blessed is he that condemns not himself in what he approves; ²³ but he that doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not of faith; and every thing which is not of faith is sin.

^{26 (4:2)} For if we sin willingly after having received the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice left for sins,

^{15 (16:8)} If you love me, keep my commandments;