Quotes About Choice

But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.

So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

the other oneís conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone elseís conscience?

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.

I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.

By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaohís daughter.

He chose to suffer oppression with Godís people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!

Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”