Read 1 John 4:17–19 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18 Two brand-new words come into John’s vocabulary here: fear and punishment. And this passage...
Read 1 Corinthians 6:9–20 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 1 Corinthians 6:18 Having sex outside of marriage is like a man robbing a bank: He gets something, but it is not...
Read 1 John 2:12–15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2:15 John’s epistle warns us that there is a wrong kind of love, a love God hates. This is love...
Read 1 Peter 5:4 When the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. 1 Peter 5:4 Christian workers may labor for many different kinds of rewards. Some work hard to build personal empires; others strive for the applause of men; still others...
Read Galatians 4:19–31 My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you … Galatians 4:19 We parents never seem to outgrow our children. The saying goes, “When they’re little, they’re a handful; but when they’re grown, they’re a heart full!”...
Read 2 Corinthians 10:1–6 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. 2 Corinthians 10:4 There are walls of resistance in the minds of people, and these walls must be pulled down (2 Cor. 10:4 KJV). What are these “mental walls”? Reasonings that are opposed to...
Read Colossians 2:8–15 In Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. Colossians 2:9–10 When Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, He went in a human body (Acts 1:1–11). It was...
Read 1 John 2:9–11 Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. 1 John 2:10 A man who was walking down a dark street one night saw a pinpoint of light coming toward him in a faltering way. He thought...
Read Colossians 1:10–14 Bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power … and joyfully giving thanks to the Father. Colossians 1:10–12 Wisdom and conduct should always be related to moral character. One of the great problems in our evangelical world today...
Read 1 Corinthians 5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. And you are proud! 1 Corinthians 5:1–2 The people at Corinth were boasting of the fact that their...