Quotes About Integrity

For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

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

Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach.

and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith.

Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.

Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

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

All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that Godís name and our teaching will not be discredited.

Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

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

having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

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.

Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith