Quotes About Devotion

the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,

For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of Godís mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.

Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.

But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.

But the one who loves God is known by God.

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,

If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!