The Practice of Righteousness 

(1 John 3:7) 

• l When you stand praying, forgive or your Father will not forgive you—Mark 11:25-26

• l Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you—Eph 4:32

• Forgive others 70 X 7—Matthew 18:21–22

• Settle matters quickly with your adversary, restore broken relationships—Matt 5:25

• Do not resist an evil person; turn the other cheek—Matt 5:38-39

• Do not retaliate when injured or abused.

• Love and pray for your enemies—Matt 5:43-45

• l Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen…Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice—Eph 4: 29,31

• Do everything without grumbling or arguing—Phil 2:14

• Do as the Good Samaritan did—Luke 10:30-37

• Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful—Luke 6:36

• Care for the distress, thirsty, stranger, need clothes and sick—Matt 25:34-36

• Servant Leadership, be a servant to others—Matthew 20:26–28

• Serve one another humbly in love.

• The entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: Love your neighbor as yourself—Gal 5:13,14

• Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ—Eph 5:21

• Take care of the poor and disabled when you have a large feast—Luke 14:12–14

• Do not swear at all; be truthful in your speech—Matt 5: 34-37

• Blessed are the meek—Kindhearted, sweet natured and not prideful—Matt 5

• Blessed are the merciful—Kind and compassionate—Matt 5

• Blessed are the pure in heart—Those with integrity—Matt 5

• Blessed are the peacemakers—Keepers and promoters of peace—Matt 5

• I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you —Matt 6:27,28

• Giving more than is demanded, above and beyond, the extra mile—Matt 5:40-42

• Give to please God, not to be seen by others—Matt 6:1

• Speaking the truth in love… each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor—Eph 4:16,25

• Beware of covetousness for material things—Luke 12:15

• l Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands—Eph 4:2

• Don’t lust in your heart, it is as serious as to adultery—Matt 5:2

• But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality—Eph 5:3

• Be kind to children and welcome them—Matt 18:19

• Do not Judge others, treating others as unworthy—Matt 7:1-2

• Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful—Lk 6:36

• Your faith has saved you; go in peace—Lk 7:50

• Spend your money on things that matter eternally, do not store up treasures—Matt 6:19-21

• Golden Rule—Do to others as you would have them do to you—Matt 7:12; Lk 6:31

• l Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers—Gal 5:9,10

• Be on your guard against any kind of greed—Luke 12:15

• l Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others--Phil 2:3,4

• Don’t break a marriage up, what God has brought together, let no one separate— Matt 10:4-6

• Take are for the outcast, blind, cripples and poor—Luke 14:12-14

• Freely you received, freely give—Matthew 10:8

• Lend expecting nothing in return—Luke 6:35

• Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience—Col 3:12

• Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone.

• Forgive as the Lord forgave you—Col 3:13

• Over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity—Col 3:15

• l “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends…they may invite you back… But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous—Lk 14:12-14

• “Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” John 14:21

• My new command is to love each other, as I have loved you. (John 13:34-35)

• We know for a fact we know Christ if we keep his commands (1 John 2:3)

• To keep his commands—is to walk in love (2 John 1:6)

9 Fruits of the Spirit

But the fruit of the Spirit is (1) love, (2) joy, (3) peace, 

(4) forbearance, (5) kindness, (6) goodness, (7) faithfulness, 

(8) gentleness, and (9) self-control. 

Against such things there is no law. Gal 5:22,23

1—Love 

Love is showing goodwill for another, it is altruistic and benevolence,

• Serve one another humbly in love. Do everything in love —Gal 5:13; 1 Cor 16:14

• Love with a gentle spirit—1 Cor 4:2

• Be devoted to one another in love, honor one another above yourselves—Rom 12:10

• Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good—Rom 12:9

• God loves a cheerful giver—2 Cor 9:7

• Pursue righteousness, faith, love, & peace—2 Tim 2:22

• Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers—1 Pet 2:17

• Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech—1 Pet 3:10

• Greet one another with a kiss [warm affection] of love [agape]—1 Pet 5:14

• Love does no harm to a neighbor, Do everything in love—Rom 13:10; 1 Cor 16:14

• This is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more—Phil 1:9

2—Joy

Chara-- joy, joyful, delight, gladness,  feminine noun

• Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer—Rom 12:12

• Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! —Phil 4:4

• Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs—Ps 100:2

3—Peace

Eiréné-- quietness, rest, feminine noun

• Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God—Matt 5:9

• If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone—Rom 12:18

• For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit—Rom 14:17

• Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace—Eph 4:3

• Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way—2 Thess 3:16

• For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—1 Cor 14:33

• Encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace—2 Cor 13:11

• Be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone—Titus 3:2

• Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace—2 Tim 2:22

• Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts… you were called to peace, and be thankful—Gal 3:15

• The peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds—Phil 4:7

• Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification—Rom 14:19

• They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it—1 Pet 3:11

4—Forbearance

makrothumia: patience, long-suffering, self-restraint, Feminine Noun

• Correct, rebuke, and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction—2 Tim 4:2

• You know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance—2 Tim 3:10

• Through faith and patience inherit what has been promised—Heb 6:12Patience in the face of suffering—James 5:10

• Being strengthened with all power…that you may have great endurance and patience—Col 1:11

5—Kindness

chréstotés: goodness, uprightness,  gentleness, feminine noun

• The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us—Acts 28:2

• In purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love—2 Cor 6:6

• Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience—Col 3:12

6—Goodness

agathosune: To do good, feminine noun

• Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge—2 Pet 1:5

• May see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven—Matt 5:17

• A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him—Matt 12:35

• Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you—Luke 6:27

• Give…good measure, pressed down, shaken together…will be poured into your lap—Luke 6:38

• Overcome evil with good—Rom 12:21

• Please our neighbors for their good, to build them up—Rom 15:2

• No one should seek their own good, but the good of others—1 Cor 10:24

• Bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God—Col 1:10

• Never tire of doing what is good—2 Thess 3:13

• Holding on to faith and a good conscience—1 Tim 1:19

• Command them [the rich] to do good, to be rich in good deeds—1 Tim 6:18

• Lovers of the good—2 Tim 3:3

• Be hospitable, one who loves what is good—Titus 1:8

• Teach what is good. Eager to do what is good. Ready to do whatever is good—Titus 2:3,14; 3:1

• Be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good—Titus 3:8

• Trained themselves to distinguish good from evil—Heb 5:14

• Spur one another on toward love and good deeds—Heb 10:24

• And do not forget to do good and to share with others—Heb 13:6

• Must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it—1 Pet 3:11

• Anyone who does what is good is from God...does what is evil has not seen God—3 John 1:11

7—Faithfulness

pistis: faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, feminine noun

• Faithful in prayer—Rom 12:12

• Faithful to his wife and his children… faithful to her husband—1 Tim 3:12; 1 Tim 5:9

• Faithful stewards of God’s grace—1 Pet 4:10

8—Gentleness

prautés: mildness, meekness, feminine noun

• Let your gentleness be evident to all, Not violent but gentle—Phil 4:5; 1 Tim 3:3

• By the humility and gentleness of Christ—2 Cor 10:1

• Be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone—Titus 3:2

• Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love—Eph 4:2

• A gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight—1 Pet 3:4

• A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger—Prov 15:1

9—Self-Control

egkrateia: self-mastery, one who masters his desires and passions, feminine noun

• Younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure—Titus 2:3,4

• Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled—Titus 2:5

The Practice of Lawlessness (1 John 3:4)

The Practice of Sin (1 John 3:8)

The acts [works] of the flesh are obvious:

sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery, idolatry and witchcraft,

hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,

dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. 

I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Gal 5:19-21

“It is one thing to be provoked by the flesh, and another thing to assent to the flesh,

and without fear or remorse to perform and fulfill the works thereof,

and to continue therein.” Martin Luther

: Sexual immorality (Greek: porneia—fornication, pornography, promiscuity). " Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit.” (1 Cor 6:18-19)

Adulterers, adultery—1 Cor 6:9; Matt 5:28, [violence to the inner soul]

Acts against nature—Rom 1:26-28; 1 Cor 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:10

Debauchery, orgies—Gal 5

Impurity, lewdness—Mk 7:22; Gal 5 (coarse, vulgar, indecent)

No one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister 1 Thess 4:6

Human Activity:

• Thieves, swindlers, greedy—1 Cor 5:10,11; 6:10

• Murder—Mk 7:21; Rom 1:29; 1 Tim 1:9;

• Folly, recklessness—Mk 7:22

• Reject the truth and following evil—Rom 2:8

• Drunkenness, drunkards—1 Cor 6:10

• Idolatry, witchcraft—Gal 5 (pharmakeia, drugs that cast spells)

Human Emotions:

• anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer—1 John 3:15

• rage, anger, malice, abusive, treacherous—Eph 4:31; Mk 7:22; 2 Tim 3:2,4

• discord, dissensions, jealousy, bitter envy, selfish ambition — Rom 13:13; 1:29; James 3:14

• arrogance, boastful, proud, insolent—2 Cor 12:20; 2 Tim 3:2; Rom 1:30

• conceited, provoking each other, ungrateful, envying each other—Gal 5:26; 2 Tim 3:2

• lying to each other, false testimony, gossip, slander —Col 3:9; Matt 15:19; 2 Cor 12:20; Titus 3:2

• lovers of themselves, lovers of money, without self-control —2 Tim 3:2,3

• lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, not lovers of the good —2 Tim 3:3,4

• disobedient to their parents, no fidelity, no love, no mercy, unforgiving—2 Tim 3:2,3; Rom 1:31

• filthy language, invent ways of doing evil, rash—Col 3:8; Rom 1:30; 2 Tim 3:4

• unthankful, ungrateful, unholy, quarreling over disputable matters—2 Tim 3:2; Rom 14:1

• comparing ourselves to someone else—Gal 6:4

Summary of ways to Practice sin—Is to do evil deeds to others.

• To be harsh, unkind and demanding

• To excuse rudeness as deserved

• To use vulgarity when others offend you or things go wrong.

• To be unforgiving

• To be abusive

• To be difficult to live with or get along with

• To make others feel it’s all their fault, while they admit nothing.

• To borrow and never return

• To have sexual thoughts/plans toward the innocent or those under your authority.

• To keep the attention and focus on yourself, showing how good you are for the praise of others, with fake humility.

• To slander and destroy another person’s reputation, often for no good reason.

• To be jealous of others who threaten you.

• Give nothing without gaining something in return.

• To show partiality and favoritism, neglecting the less socially acceptable

• To use their authority for the primary object of benefiting themselves.

• To love the praise of others and be jealous of others is preferred.

• To make as much money as possible so every luxury can be afforded, being self-centered with your means.