“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.

How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. . . .

After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory. And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. . . .

This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.