Quotes About Morality

in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.

We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.

In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even the ones that are inconspicuous cannot remain hidden.

But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,

unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

As Godís steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.