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Saint Paul Quotes
Quotes by St Paul
Love never fails.
Rejoice in the Lord always.
We live by faith, not by sight.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil.
If God is for us, who can be against us?
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers.
everything that does not come from faith is sin.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual
body.
For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness.
Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.
For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things
of God.
For you were once darkness, but now you are light
in the Lord.
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill
the lust of the flesh.
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit
of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy,
it does not boast, it is not proud.
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard
you from the evil one.
I have become all things to all men so that by all possible
means I might save some.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But
the greatest of these is love.
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever
a man sows, that he will also reap.
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and
that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come!
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 14
Let all that you do be done with love.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this:
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly
wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ
He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he
who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into
our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger,
wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man
have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has
made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm,
then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing
debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled
the law.
Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside
the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is
destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not
built by human hands.
For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person,
nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom
of Christ and God.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according
to what he has done, whether good or bad.
For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation
through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or
sleep, we should live together with Him.
Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards,
nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking
be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise:
“that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is
common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted
beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way
of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify
the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is
contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful
nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what
you want.
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of
the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against
the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do
the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not
under the law.
Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become
blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of
a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the
world, holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day
of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that
he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap
corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting
life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we
shall reap if we do not lose heart.
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality,
impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy,
fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness,
orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live
like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The
one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature[a]will reap
destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will
reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper
time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have
opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong
to the family of believers.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such
there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with
its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in
the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying
one another..
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts
us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with
the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
For what I received I passed on to you as of first
importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the
Scriptures,
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same
Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There
are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in
all men.
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap
sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each
man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly
or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy,
it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not
delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always
trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but
have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I
have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am
nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to
the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man
commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his
own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit,
who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not
murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet,"and whatever other commandment
there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of
the law.
Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for
God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"[d]says
the Lord. On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is
thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning
coals on his head." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with
good.
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to
what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another
above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor,
serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in
prayer. Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony
with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people
of low position. Do not be conceited.
And we rejoice in the hope
of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings,
because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character;
and character, hope
Therefore, there is now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law
of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
Those who live according to the sinful
nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who
live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit
desires.
The mind of sinful man is death,
but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind
is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
For if you live according to the
sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the
misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the
Spirit of God are sons of God.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers,
in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy
and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.
Flee sexual immorality. Every sin
that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality
sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple
of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are
not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in
your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers.
For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship
can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and
Belial[b]? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What
agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the
temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and
walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
Rather, as servants of God we commend
ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and
distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless
nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in
the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power
of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded
as impostors; known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on;
beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet
making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
May the grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
with you all.
Compiled by Thomas George
editor@Preach-the-Gospel.com
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