Bible verses about "perversity" | Wesley

³¹ And they said, Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved and thy houshold.

¹ Wherefore laying aside all wickedness, and all guile, and dissimulation, and envies, ² and all evil-speakings, As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: ³ If ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious: ⁴ To whom coming as unto a living stone, rejected indeed by men, ⁵ but chosen of God and precious, Ye also as living stones are built up, a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God thro' Jesus Christ. ⁶ Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious, and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. ⁷ Therefore to you who believe, he is precious: but to them who believe not, The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner. ⁸ And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, to them who stumble, not believing the word, whereunto also they were appointed. ⁹ But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a purchased people, that ye may shew forth the virtues of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Who in time past were not a people, but now are the people of God; ¹⁰ who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. ¹¹ Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly desires, ¹² which war against the soul, Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. ¹³ Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether it be to the king as supreme, Or to governors, ¹⁴ as sent by him, for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well. ¹⁵ For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, ¹⁶ yet not having your liberty for a cloak of wickedness, but as the servants of God. ¹⁷ Honour all men, Love the brotherhood, Fear God, ¹⁸ Honour the king, Servants be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. ¹⁹ For this is thank worthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. ²⁰ For what glory is it, if when ye commit faults and are buffeted, ye take it patiently? But if when ye do well and suffer, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. ²¹ For even hereunto are ye called; for Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye might follow his steps: ²² Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: ²³ Who when he was reviled, reviled not again, when he suffered he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: ²⁴ Who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we being dead to sin might live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. ²⁵ For ye were as sheep going astray, but are now returned to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.

²⁶ For when we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, ²⁷ But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which will devour the adversaries.

² For in many things we offend all. If any one offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

⁹ Know ye not, that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate,

⁴ For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were of old described before with regard to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

¹ My beloved children, I write these things to you, that ye may not sin. But if any one sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous, And he is the propitiation for our sins; ² and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. ³ And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. ⁴ He that faith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. ⁵ But whoso keepeth his word, verily in him the love of God is perfected: hereby we know that we are in him. ⁶ He that saith, he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. ⁷ Beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but the old commandment, which ye have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. ⁸ Again, I do write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you: for the darkness is past away, and the true light now shineth. ⁹ He that saith, he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until now. ¹⁰ He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. ¹¹ But he that hateth his brother, is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because darkness hath blinded his eyes. ¹² I have written to you, beloved children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name sake. ¹³ I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father. ¹⁴ I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written to you young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. ¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world: if any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eye, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. ¹⁷ And the world passeth away, and the desire thereof; but he that doth the will of God abideth for ever. ¹⁸ Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that Antichrist cometh, so even now there are many Antichrists, whereby we know that it is the last time. ¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest, that they were not all of us. ²⁰ But ye have an anointing from the Holy one, and know all things. ²¹ I have not written to you, because ye know not the truth; but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. ²² Who is that liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is Antichrist who denieth the Father and the Son. ²³ Whosoever denieth the Son, he hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son, hath the Father also. ²⁴ Therefore let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning: if that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son and in the Father. ²⁵ And this is the promise which he hath promised us, eternal life. ²⁶ These things have I written to you, concerning them that seduce you. ²⁷ But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any should teach you, save as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie; and as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in them. ²⁸ And now, beloved children, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. ²⁹ If ye know, that he is righteous, ye know that every one who doth righteousness is born of him.

¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive according to what he hath done in the body, whether good or evil.

¹⁴ But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own desire and inticed. ¹⁵ Then desire having conceived, bringeth forth sin; and sin being perfected, bringeth forth death.