10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
2 For we all make many mistakes, and if any one makes no mistakes in what he says he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
24 Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
31 This God--his way is perfect; the promise of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
17 Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD!
30 Yea, by thee I can crush a troop; and by my God I can leap over a wall.
10 I appeal to you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
2 Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,
2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
3 Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves.
4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.
9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
13 for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
14 Do all things without grumbling or questioning,
15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
16 holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
17 Even if I am to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
18 Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I may be cheered by news of you.
20 I have no one like him, who will be genuinely anxious for your welfare.
21 They all look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
22 But Timothy's worth you know, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
23 I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me;
24 and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself shall come also.
25 I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphrodi'tus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need,
26 for he has been longing for you all, and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.
27 Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious.
29 So receive him in the Lord with all joy; and honor such men,
30 for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete your service to me.
11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
15 See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
9 and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
2 O LORD, who shall sojourn in thy tent? Who shall dwell on thy holy hill?
3 He who walks blamelessly, and does what is right, and speaks truth from his heart;
21 Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."