Monday, November 21, 2011

New Testament Commandments

Seven "Abstains" -- Abstain From—
1. Idols (Acts 15:20)
2. Fornication (Acts 15:20; Acts 15:29; 1 Thess 4:2-3)
3. Strangled meats (Acts 15:20)
4. Eating blood (Acts 15:20)
5. Meats offered to idols (Acts 15:29)
6. All appearance of evil (1 Thess 5:22)
7. Fleshly lusts (1 Pet 2:11)
Seven Things to Avoid—
1. Troublemakers (Rom 16:17)
2. Profane and vain babbling's (1 Tim 6:20)
3. False science (1 Tim 6:20)
4. Unlearned questions (2 Tim 2:23)
5. Foolish questions (Titus 3:9)
6. Genealogies (Titus 3:9)
7. Arguments about the law (Titus 3:9)
Three "Asks"—
1. Ask and ye shall receive (Matt 7:7)
2. Ask no return of goods (Luke 6:30)
3. Ask life for backsliders (1 John 5:16)
Two Things to Awake To—
1. Awake to righteousness (1 Cor 15:34)
2. Awake to life (Eph 5:14)
Seventy-Four "Be's"—
1. Be exceeding glad (Matt 5:12)
2. Be reconciled to a brother (Matt 5:24)
3. Be perfect (Matt 5:48; 2 Cor 13:11)
4. Be wise as serpents (Matt 10:16)
5. Be harmless as doves (Matt 10:16)
6. Be ready for Christ's coming (Matt 24:44; Luke 12:40)
7. Be content with your wages (Luke 3:14)
8. Be merciful as God (Luke 6:36)
9. Be like faithful servants (Luke 12:36)
10. Be thankful (Col 3:15)
11. Be at peace among selves (1 Thess 5:13)
12. Be patient toward all people (1 Thess 5:14; 2 Tim 2:24)
13. Be no partaker of sin (1 Tim 5:22)
14. Be sober and hope (1 Pet 1:13)
15. Be sober and pray (1 Pet 4:7)
16. Be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, charity, and patience (aged men, Titus 2:2)
17. Be sober, love husbands and children (young women, Titus 2:4)
18. Be sober minded (young men, Titus 2:6)
19. Be in behavior as becoming to saints (aged women, Titus 2:3)
20. Be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient (young women, Titus 2:5)
21. Be ready to give an answer of the hope that is in you (1 Pet 3:15)
22. Be of good cheer (John 16:33)
23. Be baptized (Acts 2:38)
24. Be converted (Acts 3:19)
25. Be transformed (Rom 12:2)
26. Be kind of brotherly love one to another (Rom 12:10; Eph 4:32)
27. Be fervent in spirit (Rom 12:11)
28. Be patient in tribulation (Rom 12:12)
29. Be given to hospitality (Rom 12:13)
30. Be afraid, if lawless (Rom 13:4)
31. Be no idolater (1 Cor 10:7)
32. Be followers of Paul as he followed Christ (1 Cor 11:1; Phil 3:17)
33. Be followers of God (Eph 5:1)
34. Be followers of the faithful and patient (Heb 6:12)
35. Be children in malice (1 Cor 14:20)
36. Be men in understanding (1 Cor 14:20)
37. Be steadfast (1 Cor 15:58)
38. Be unmovable (1 Cor 15:58)
39. Be always abounding in God's work (1 Cor 15:58)
40. Be strong in the Lord (1 Cor 16:13; Eph 6:10; 2 Tim 2:1)
41. Be of good comfort (2 Cor 13:11)
42. Be of one mind (Rom 12:16; 2 Cor 13:11; Phil 2:2; 1 Pet 3:8)
43. Be separate from the unclean (2 Cor 6:17)
44. Be renewed in spirit (Eph 4:23)
45. Be angry and sin not (Eph 4:26)
46. Be tenderhearted one to another (Eph 4:32)
47. Be filled with the Spirit (Eph 5:18)
48. Be like minded (Phil 2:2)
49. Be one of accord (Phil 2:2)
50. Be anxious for nothing (Phil 4:6)
51. Be an example to believers in word, conversation, charity, spirit, faith, and purity (1 Tim 4:12)
52. Be a partaker of Christian sufferings (2 Tim 1:8; 1 Pet 4:1)
53. Be gentle to all people (2 Tim 2:24)
54. Be apt to teach (2 Tim 2:24)
55. Be instant in season, out of season (2 Tim 4:2)
56. Be careful to maintain good works (Titus 3:8,14; Matt 5:16)
57. Be content with what you have (Heb 13:5)
58. Be doers of the Word (James 1:22)
59. Be afflicted and mourn (James 4:9)
60. Be patient till Christ comes (James 5:7-8)
61. Be holy in conversation (behavior) (1 Pet 1:15-16)
62. Be pitiful (1 Pet 3:8)
63. Be courteous (1 Pet 3:8)
64. Be examples of the flock of God, not lord over it (1 Pet 5:3)
65. Be subject one to another (1 Pet 5:5)
66. Be clothed with humility (1 Pet 5:5)
67. Be sober (1 Pet 5:8)
68. Be vigilant (1 Pet 5:8)
69. Be mindful of prophecies and commandments (2 Pet 3:2)
70. Be diligent to be found in peace (2 Pet 3:14)
71. Be diligent to be without spot, and blameless (2 Pet 3:14)
72. Be faithful to death (Rev 2:10)
73. Be watchful, strengthen self (Rev 3:2)
74. Be zealous and repent (Rev 3:19)
Thirty "Be Not's"—
1. Be not like the hypocrites in prayer (Matt 6:5)
2. Be not like the heathen in prayer (Matt 6:8)
3. Be not as hypocrites in fasting (Matt 6:16)
4. Be not called "Rabbi" (Matt 23:8)
5. Be not called "Master" (Matt 23:9)
6. Be not afraid of man (Luke 12:4)
7. Be not of doubtful mind (Luke 12:29)
8. Be not many teachers (James 3:1)
9. Be not afraid of terror (1 Pet 3:14)
10. Be not troubled (1 Pet 3:14)
11. Be not ignorant of time with God (2 Pet. 3:8; Isa 57:15)
12. Be not deceived: 10 classes not to inherit the kingdom (1 Cor 6:9-10)
13. Be not conformed to world (Rom 12:2)
14. Be not slothful in business (Rom 12:11)
15. Be not conceited (Rom 12:16)
16. Be not overcome of evil (Rom 12:21)
17. Be not mere servants of men (1 Cor 7:23)
18. Be not children in understanding (1 Cor 14:20)
19. Be not deceived by evil companions (1 Cor 15:33)
20. Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers (2 Cor 6:14-15)
21. Be not entangled again with keeping the law(Gal 5:1)
22. Be not deceived: man will reap what he sows (Gal 6:7-8)
23. Be not partakers with sinners (Eph 5:7)
24. Be not unwise about God's will (Eph 5:17)
25. Be not drunk with wine (Eph 5:18)
26. Be not weary in well doing (2Th 3:13)
27. Be not ashamed of God (2 Tim 1:8)
28. Be not slothful (Heb 6:12)
29. Be not forgetful of strangers (Heb 13:2)
30. Be not carried about with different strange doctrines (Heb 13:9)
Four Things to Believe—
1. The gospel (Mark 1:15)
2. God's existence (Heb 11:6)
3. On Jesus Christ (1 John 3:23)
4. God rewards diligent seeking (Heb 11:6)
One Thing Not to Believe—
1. Believe not every spirit (1 John 4:1)
Fourteen "Beware's"—
1. Beware of false prophets (Matt 7:15)
2. Beware of people (Matt 10:17)
3. Beware of leaven (doctrine) of Pharisees (Matt 16:6-12)
4. Beware of leaven (doctrine) of Herod (Mark 8:15)
5. Beware of hypocrisy (Luke 12:1)
6. Beware of covetousness (Luke 12:15)
7. Beware of scribes (Mark 12:38; Luke 20:46)
8. Beware of lest you despise God and perish (Acts 13:40-41)
9. Beware of dogs (false teachers, Phil 3:2; Isa 56:10)
10. Beware of evil workers (Phil 3:2)
11. Beware of the concision (Jews, Phil 3:2)
12. Beware of being spoiled through philosophy (Col 2:8)
13. Beware of being spoiled through vain deceit (Col 2:8)
14. Beware of backsliding (2 Pet 3:17)
Two Classes to Bless—
1. Those who curse you (Matt 5:44; Luke 6:28)
2. Persecutors (Rom 12:14)
Three Things to Cast Out or Away—
1. The beam out of own eyes (Matt 7:5; Luke 6:42)
2. Devils (Matt 10:8)
3. All your cares upon God (1 Pet 5:7)
One Thing Not to Cast Away—
Your confidence in God (Heb 10:35)
Five Things to Charge—
1. Men to be blameless (1 Tim 5:7)
2. The rich to be humble (1 Tim 6:17)
3. The rich to trust in God (1 Tim 6:17)
4. The rich to do good works (1 Tim 6:18)
5. The rich to lay hold on eternal life (1 Tim 6:19)
Two Classes to Comfort—
1. One another -- fellow Christians (1 Thess 4:18; 5:11)
2. The feeble-minded (1 Thess 5:14)
Five Things to Consider—
1. The ravens (Luke 12:24)
2. The lilies (Luke 12:27-28)
3. Truth (2 Tim 2:7)
4. That you are capable of falling (Gal 6:1)
5. Christ (Heb 3:1; Heb 12:3)
Three Things to Continue in—
1. Love (John 15:9)
2. Prayer (Rom 12:12; Col 4:2)
3. Truth (2 Tim 3:14)
Two Things to Covet—
1. The best gifts (1 Cor 12:31)
2. To prophesy (1 Cor 14:39); cp. things not to covet (Ex 20:17; Dt 5:21)
Ten "Do's"—
1. Do good to them that hate you (Matt 5:44; Luke 6:27)
2. Do to others what you expect of them (Matt 7:12; Luke 6:31)
3. Do violence to no man (Luke 3:14)
4. Do good (Luke 6:35; Rom 13:3)
5. Do this (put God first) and live (Luke 10:28)
6. Do all to God's glory (1 Cor 10:31; Col 3:17,23)
7. Do all things without murmuring and disputing (Phil 2:14)
8. Do those things which were seen and heard in me (Paul, Phil 4:9)
9. Do your own business ( 1 Thess 4:11)
10. Do the work of an evangelist (2 Tim 4:5)
Ten "Do Not's"—
1. Do not alms before people (Matt 6:1)
2. Do not sound trumpet before you when giving alms (Matt 6:2)
3. Do not do works of Pharisees (Matt 23:3-33)
4. Do not love in word only (1John 3:18)
5. Do not give heed to fables (1 Tim 1:4)
6. Do not give heed to genealogies (1 Tim 1:4)
7. Do not err (James 1:16)
8. Do not commit adultery (James 2:11)
9. Do not kill (James 2:11)
10. Do not fashion self according to former lusts (1 Pet 1:14)
Two Things to Endure—
1. Hardness (2 Tim 2:3)
2. Sufferings (2 Tim 4:5)
Whom to Fear—
God (Matt 10:28; Luke 12:5; 1 Pet 2:17; Rev 14:7)
Three Things Not to Fear—
1. Man (Matt 10:28; Luke 12:5)
2. Persecutors (Matt 10:26)
3. No lack of provision (Matt 10:31; Mark 6:8-9; Luke 12:7)
Five Things to Feed—
1. Enemies (Rom 12:20)
2. Lambs (John 21:15)
3. Sheep (John 21:16,17)
4. Flock of God (1 Pet 5:2)
5. The church (Acts 20:28)
Four Things to Flee From—
1. Fornication (1 Cor 6:18)
2. Idolatry (1 Cor 10:14)
3. Hurtful lusts (1 Tim 6:9-11)
4. Youthful lusts (2 Tim 2:22)
Ten Things to Follow—
1. Christ (Matt 4:19; 8:22; 16:24; Mark 8:34; 10:21; Luke 9:23; John 21:19)
2. Love (1 Cor 14:1; 1 Tim 6:11; 2 Tim 2:22)
3. Good (1 Thess 5:15; 3 John 1:11)
4. Righteousness (1 Tim 6:11; 2 Tim 2:22)
5. Godliness (1 Tim 6:11)
6. Faith (1 Tim 6:11; 2 Tim 2:22)
7. Patience (1 Tim 6:11)
8. Meekness (1 Tim 6:11)
9. Peace (2 Tim 2:22; Heb 12:14)
10. Holiness (Heb 12:14)
Seven Things About Giving—
1. Commanded: Give (Luke 6:38)
2. Whom to Give to:
(1) Him that asks (Matt 5:42; Luke 6:30)
(2) Needy saints (Rom 12:13)
(3) God (Col 3:17; Rev 14:7)
3. Whom not to Give to:
(1) Give not holy things to rebels (Matt 7:6)
(2) Give no place to Satan (Eph 4:27)
4. What to Give:
(1) Holy things (Matt 7:6; 10:8)
(2) Give thanks (Eph 5:20; Phil 4:6; Col 3:17; 1 Thess 5:18)
(3) Give time to reading, exhortation, doctrine (1 Tim 4:13)
(4) Give self wholly (1 Tim 4:15)
(5) Give glory to God (Rev 14:7)
5. What not to Give:
(1) Give no offense (1 Cor 10:32)
(2) Give no heed of fables and commandments of human beings (Titus 1:14)
6. How to Give:
(1) Freely (Matt 10:8; 2 Cor 9:6)
(2) Good measure (Luke 6:38)
(3) As God has prospered (1 Cor 16:2)
(4) Willingly (2 Cor 8:12)
(5) With purpose (2 Cor 9:7)
(6) Cheerfully (2 Cor 9:7)
7. Blessings promised for Giving:
(1) Returns on the basis of giving (Luke 6:38; 2 Cor 9:6)
(2) Reward (Matt 10:42)
(3) All grace abounding (2 Cor 9:8)
(4) All sufficiency (2 Cor 9:8)
(5) Eternal righteousness (2 Cor 9:9)
(6) Increased fruits (2 Cor 9:10)
(7) Enrichment in all things (2 Cor 9:11)
Five "Go's"—
1. Go two miles (Matt 5:41)
2. Go teach (Matt 28:19-20)
3. Go preach (Mark 16:15)
4. Go not from house to house (Luke 10:7)
5. Go and do likewise (Luke 10:37)
Seven "Have's"—
1. Have faith (Mark. 11:22; Rom 14:22-23)
2. Have no fellowship with darkness (Eph 5:11)
3. Have no respect of persons (1 Tim 5:21; James 2:1-10)
4. Have honest conversation (1 Pet 2:12)
5. Have compassion (1 Pet 3:8; Jude 1:22)
6. Have a good conscience (1 Pet 3:16)
7. Have fervent love (1 Pet 4:8)
Fourteen "Hold's"—
1. Hold forth Word of life (Phil 2:16)
2. Hold fast to the good (1 Thess 5:21)
3. Hold Christian traditions (1 Tim 1:19; 3:9)
4. Hold faith (1 Tim 1:19)
5. Hold a good conscience (1 Tim 1:19)
6. Hold fast sound doctrine (2 Tim. 1:13)
7. Hold fast till Christ comes (Rev 2:25)
8. Hold fast what you have (Rev 3:11)
9. Hold your crown (Rev 3:11)
10. Hold reputation of ministers (Phil 2:29)
11. Hold eternal life (1 Tim 6:12,19)
12. Hold hope (Heb 6:18)
13. Hold confidence (Heb 3:6,14)
14. Hold what is heard and received (Rev 3:3)
Six Classes to Honor—
1. Fathers (Luke 18:20; Eph 6:2)
2. Mothers (Matt 19:19; Mark. 10:19)
3. Others (Rom 12:10)
4. Widows indeed (1 Tim 5:3)
5. All people (1 Pet 2:17)
6. Kings -- rulers (1 Pet 2:17)
Seven Things to Keep—
1. Keep commandments (Matt 19:17; John 14:15)
2. Keep no company with the 6 classes of professed Christians of (1 Cor 5:11)
3. Keep yourself pure (1 Tim 5:22)
4. Keep the gospel commandments until Christ comes (1 Tim 6:14)
5. Keep the good entrusted you (2 Tim. 1:14)
6. Keep yourself from idols (1 John 5:21)
7. Keep yourself in God's love (Jude 1:21)
Six Things to Lay Aside—
1. Wickedness (James 1:21)
2. All malice (1 Pet 2:1)
3. All guile (1 Pet 2:1)
4. All hypocrisies (1 Pet 2:1)
5. All envies (1 Pet 2:1)
6. All evil speaking's (1 Pet 2:1)
One Hundred "Let's"—
1. Let your light shine (Matt 5:16; Luke 12:35)
2. Let your conversation be yea, nay (Matt 5:37; James 5:12)
3. Let your enemy have your cloak (Matt 5:40; Luke 6:29)
4. Let blind leaders alone (Matt 15:14)
5. Let everyone deny themselves (Matt 16:24; Mark. 8:34; Luke 9:23)
6. Let him take up cross (Matt 16:24; Mark. 8:34; 10:21; Luke 9:23)
7. Let him hear (Mark. 4:23; Luke 14:35)
8. Let him share with the needy (Luke 3:11)
9. Let your loins be girded (Luke 12:35)
10. Let everyone take your purse and script (Luke 22:36)
11. Let him sell his garment, buy sword (Luke 22:36)
12. Let your love be genuine (Rom 12:9)
13. Let everyone obey the civil laws (Rom 13:1)
14. Let everyone choose his own sabbath day (Rom 14:5-7; Col 2:14-17)
15. Let everyone take heed how he builds upon Christ (1 Cor 3:10)
16. Let no man deceive himself (1 Cor 3:18)
17. Let every man have his own wife (1 Cor 7:2)
18. Let every woman her own husband (1 Cor 7:2)
19. Let spouses satisfy each other in sexual relations (1 Cor 7:4-5)
20. Let them who cannot restrain marry (1 Cor 7:9)
21. Let husbands & wives remain unmarried if they separate or, be reconciled (1 Cor 7:11)
22. Let the unbelieving ones depart who refuse to remain (1 Cor 7:15)
23. Let every man abide in his calling (1 Cor 7:17-24)
24. Let no one seek to erase circumcision (1 Cor 7:18)
25. Let no one be circumcised (as a religious rite, 1 Cor 7:18)
26. Let a father give his daughter in marriage if she desires it (1 Cor 7:36-38)
27. Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall (1 Cor 10:12)
28. Let no man seek wealth selfishly (1 Cor 10:24)
29. Let the woman cut her hair if her head is uncovered (1 Cor 11:6)
30. Let the woman wear a covering if cutting and shaving the hair be a shame (1 Cor 11:6)
31. Let everyone examine self when taking the Lord's Supper (1 Cor 11:28)
32. Let the hungry eat at home, not at the Lord's Supper (1 Cor 11:34)
33. Let the speaker in tongues pray for the interpretation (1 Cor 14:13)
34. Let all things be done to edifying (1 Cor 14:26)
35. Let no more than 3 messages in tongues be given in one service (1 Cor 14:27)
36. Let one interpret (1 Cor 14:27)
37. Let the mind of Christ be in you (Phil 2:5)
38. Let your moderation be known (Phil 4:5)
39. Let your requests be known to God (Phil 4:6)
40. Let no one judge you with regard to meats, drinks, holy days, new moons, and sabbath days Col 2:14-17; Rom 14:5-7)
41. Let no one rob you of your reward by some vain religion (Col 2:18)
42. Let peace rule the heart (Col 3:15)
43. Let the Word dwell in you (Col 3:16)
44. Let speech be with grace (Col 4:6)
45. Let no one deceive you about the day of Christ being at hand (2 Thess 2:3)
46. Let no man despise youth (1 Tim 4:12)
47. Let the speaker in tongues keep silent in church speaking to himself and God if no interpreter present (1 Cor 14:28)
48. Let the prophets speak two or three messages and let others judge (1 Cor 14:29)
49. Let times be shared in revelation (1 Cor 14:30)
50. Let women learn quietly in church or at home (1 Cor 14:34-35; 1 Tim 2:11)
51. Let everyone acknowledge regulation of spiritual gifts to be Commandments of God (1 Cor 14:37)
52. Let rebels to truth remain ignorant (1 Cor 14:38)
53. Let all things be done in decent order (1 Cor 16:2)
54. Let everyone give as God prospers (1 Cor 16:2)
55. Let all things be done in love (1 Cor 16:14)
56. Let everyone give cheerfully (2 Cor 9:7)
57. Let rebels to truth be accursed (1 Cor 16:22; Gal 1:8-9)
58. Let everyone prove their own work (Gal 6:4)
59. Let those taught support the teacher (Gal 6:6)
60. Let the thief steal no more (Eph 4:28)
61. Let the thief labor instead of stealing to have to give to others (Eph 4:28)
62. Let no corrupt conversation come from your mouth (Eph 4:29)
63. Let bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, evil speaking, and malice be put away (Eph 4:31)
64. Let no man deceive you with vain words (Eph 5:6)
65. Let the wives be subject to their husbands (Eph 5:22,24; Col 3:18; 1 Pet 3:1-6)
66. Let the husbands love their wives (Eph 5:25,28,33; Col 3:19; 1 Pet 3:7)
67. Let the wives reverence their husbands (Eph 5:33)
68. Let your conversation (behavior) be becoming of the gospel (Phil 1:27)
69. Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory (Phil 2:3)
70. Let each esteem other better than himself (Phil 2:3)
71. Let worthy elders be doubly honored (paid) (1 Tim 5:17)
72. Let servants honor masters (1 Tim 6:1)
73. Let masters respect servants (1 Tim 6:2)
74. Let every Christian depart from iniquity (2 Tim 2:19)
75. Let no man despise you (Titus 2:15)
76. Let brotherly love continue (Heb 13:1)
77. Let conversation be without covetousness (Heb 13:5)
78. Let patience work perfectly (James 1:4)
79. Let one who lacks, ask for wisdom (James 1:5)
80. Let him ask in faith (James 1:6)
81. Let the exalted rejoice (James 1:9)
82. Let the humble rejoice (James 1:10)
83. Let no man lay temptation to God (James 1:13)
84. Let everyone be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath (James 1:19)
85. Let the wise demonstrate wisdom and knowledge (James 3:13)
86. Let the light-hearted sinners become remorseful (James 4:9)
87. Let the afflicted pray (James 5:13)
88. Let the merry sing psalms (James 5:13)
89. Let the sick call elders (James 5:14)
90. Let elders pray for sick, anointing with oil (James 5:14-15; cp. Mark. 6:13)
91. Let adorning be more inward than outward (1 Pet 3:3-4; 1 Tim 2:9-10)
92. Let everyone refrain tongue from evil, and lips from guile (1 Pet 3:10)
93. Let everyone shun evil, do good, seek peace and pursue it (1 Pet 3:11)
94. Let ministers speak for God (1 Pet 4:11)
95. Let no one suffer as a murderer, thief, evil doer, or busybody (1 Pet 4:15)
96. Let no one be ashamed to suffer as a Christian, but be thankful (1 Pet 4:16)
97. Let Christian sufferers commit their souls to God (1 Pet 4:19)
98. Let eternal life abide in you (1 John 2:24-25)
99. Let no man deceive you about being righteous (1 John 3:7)
100. Let him that hath an ear, hear (Rev 2:7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22)
Twelve "Let Not's"—
1. Let not your left hand know what the right hand does (Matt 6:3)
2. Let not man sever those who are married (Matt 19:6)
3. Let not good be evil spoken of (Rom 14:16)
4. Let not sin reign in the body (Rom 6:12)
5. Let not him that eat despise him that does not (Rom 14:3)
6. Let not him that eat not judge him that does (Rom 14:3)
7. Let not the wife depart from her husband (1 Cor 7:10)
8. Let not the husband put away his wife (1 Cor 7:11)
9. Let not the Christian put away the unsaved companion who wishes to remain (1 Cor 7:12-13)
10. Let not the sun go down on wrath (Eph 4:26)
11. Let not fornication, uncleanness, covetousness, filthiness, foolish talking, and jesting be mentioned among you as become saints (Eph 5:3-4)
12. Let not unworthy widows be supported by the church (1 Tim 5:9-16)
Forty-Two "Let us's"—
1. Let us walk honestly (Rom 13:12)
2. Let us cast off works of darkness (Rom 13:12)
3. Let us put on armor of light (Rom 13:12)
4. Let us follow things of peace (Rom 14:9)
5. Let us follow things that edify (Rom 14:19)
6. Let us please neighbor for good (Rom 15:2-3)
7. Let us be sincere (1 Cor 5:8)
8. Let us not commit fornication (1 Cor 10:2-3)
9. Let us not tempt Christ (1 Cor 10:9)
10. Let us not murmur (1 Cor 10:10)
11. Let us cleanse ourselves from the filthiness of body and spirit (2 Cor 7:1)
12. Let us perfect holiness (2 Cor 7:1)
13. Let us walk in the Spirit (Gal 5:25)
14. Let us not desire vain glory (Gal 5:26)
15. Let us not provoke one another (Gal 5:26)
16. Let us not envy one another (Gal 5:26)
17. Let us not be weary in well doing (Gal 6:9)
18. Let us do good to all people (Gal 6:10)
19. Let us do good especially to fellow Christians (Gal 6:10)
20. Let us who are mature press forward toward the mark (Phil 3:14-15)
21. Let us walk by the same rule (Phil 3:16)
22. Let us mind the same thing (Phil 3:16)
23. Let us not sleep spiritually (1 Thess 5:6)
24. Let us watch and be sober (1 Thess 5:6-8)
25. Let us be content with food and raiment (1 Tim 6:8)
26. Let us fear losing the soul (Heb 4:1-2)
27. Let us labor to be saved (Heb 4:11)
28. Let us hold fast our profession (Heb 10:23)
29. Let us come boldly to the throne of grace (Heb 4:16; 10:19-23)
30. Let us go on to perfection (Heb 6:1)
31. Let us draw near to God (Heb 10:22)
32. Let us provoke to love and good works (Heb 10:24)
33. Let us not forsake assembling together in worship (Heb 10:25)
34. Let us exhort one another (Heb 10:25)
35. Let us lay aside every weight (Heb 12:1)
36. Let us lay aside besetting sin (Heb 12:1)
37. Let us run race with patience (Heb 12:1)
38. Let us look to Jesus (Heb 12:2)
39. Let us have grace to serve God (Heb 12:28)
40. Let us bear Christ's reproach (Heb 13:13)
41. Let us offer our sacrifice of praise to God continually (Heb 13:15)
42. Let us love one another (1 John 4:7,11)
Eight "Let Us Not's"—
1. Let us not walk in rioting (Rom 13:13)
2. Let us not walk in drunkenness (Rom 13:13)
3. Let us not walk in chambering (Rom 13:13)
4. Let us not walk in wantonness (Rom 13:13)
5. Let us not walk in strife (Rom 13:13)
6. Let us not walk in envying (Rom 13:13)
7. Let us not judge one another in doubtful things (Rom 14:13)
8. Let us not cause others to stumble (Rom 14:13)
Three Ways to Live—
1. Live peacefully (Rom 12:18; 2 Cor 13:11)
2. Live free from anxiety and undue care (1 Cor 7:28-35)
3. Live no longer in lusts of sin (1 Pet 4:2)
Four Commands to "Love"—
1. Love your enemies (Matt 5:44; Luke 6:27,35)
2. Love your fellow Christians (John 13:34; 15:12,17; Gal 5:14; 1 Pet 2:17; 1 John 3:23; 2 John 1:5)
3. Love the brotherhood (1 Pet 2:17)
4. Love your brother (1 John 4:21)
Two Things Not to Love—
1. The world (1 John 2:15)
2. Things in the world (1 John 2:15)
Three Ways to Love—
1. Fervently (1 Pet 2:22)
2. With a pure heart (1 Pet 2:22)
3. As brethren (1 Pet 3:8)
One Person to Pray to—
Pray to thy Father (Matt 6:6; Matt 9; John 16:23-26)
Three Things to Pray for—
1. Your persecutors (Matt 5:44; Luke 6:28)
2. For laborers (Matt 9:38; Luke 10:2)
3. For one another (James 5:16)
Two Ways Not to Pray—
1. Use not vain repetitions like the heathen (Matt 6:7)
2. Do not pray as hypocrites (Matt 6:5)
Three Ways to Pray—
1. After this manner pray (Matt 6:9-13)
2. Ask, seek, knock (Matt 7:7-11)
3. Pray in the Spirit (Jude 1:20)
Four Things to Prove—
1. Prove yourself (2 Cor 13:5)
2. Prove what is acceptable to God (Eph 5:10)
3. Prove all things (1 Thess 5:21)
4. Prove accusations against elders (1 Tim 5:19)
Eight "Put Away's"—
1. Put away wicked people from the congregation (1 Cor 5:13)
2. Put away lying (Eph 4:25)
3. Put away all bitterness (Eph 4:31)
4. Put away wrath (Eph 4:31)
5. Put away anger (Eph 4:31)
6. Put away clamor (Eph 4:31)
7. Put away evil speaking (Eph 4:31)
8. Put away all malice (Eph 4:31)
Six "Put Off's"—
1. Put off the old man (Eph 4:22; Col 3:9)
2. Put off anger (Col 3:8)
3. Put off wrath (Col 3:8)
4. Put off malice (Col 3:8)
5. Put off blasphemy (Col 3:8)
6. Put off filthy conversation (Col 3:8)
Twelve "Put On's"—
1. Put on Christ (Rom 13:14)
2. Put on the armor of light (Rom 13:12)
3. Put on the new man (Eph 4:24; Col 3:10)
4. Put on the whole armor of God (Eph 6:11,13)
5. Put on the bowels of mercy (Col 3:12)
6. Put on kindness (Col 3:12)
7. Put on humility (Col 3:12)
8. Put on meekness (Col 3:12)
9. Put on longsuffering (Col 3:13)
10. Put on love (Col 3:14)
11. Put on the breastplate of faith and love (1 Thess 5:8)
12. Put on the hope of salvation (1 Thess 5:8)
One Class Not to Rebuke—
Elders (1 Tim 5:1)
Three Things to Rebuke—
1. Certain sinners (1 Tim 5:20)
2. Rebels (Titus 1:13)
3. Works of darkness (Eph 5:11)
Two Ways to Rebuke—
1. With all authority (Titus 2:15)
2. With all longsuffering (2 Tim 4:2)
Two Commands to Rejoice—
1. Rejoice (Matt 5:12; Rom 15:10)
2. Rejoice evermore (1 Thess 5:16)
Four Things to Rejoice In:
1. Hope (Rom 12:12)
2. Blessings of others (Rom 12:15)
3. The Lord (Phil 3:1; 4:4)
4. Suffering for Christ (1 Pet 4:13)
Five Things to Remember—
1. What you are saved from (Eph 2:11-12)
2. Those who suffer (Heb 13:3)
3. Those who lead you (Heb 13:7)
4. Truth (Jude 1:17-18; Rev 3:3)
5. Backsliding, and repent (Rev 2:5)
Four Things to Seek—
1. God's kingdom first (Matt 6:33; Luke 12:31)
2. God in prayer (Matt 7:7)
3. To edify the church (1 Cor 14:12)
4. Things above (Col 3:1)
One Command to Stand Fast—
1. Stand fast, and hold Christian traditions (2 Thess 2:15)
Three Things to Stand Fast with—
1. Loins girt about with truth
2. Breastplate of righteousness
3. Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace (Eph 6:14-15)
Five Things to Stand In—
1. Faith (1 Cor 16:13)
2. Liberty (Gal 5:1)
3. One spirit (Phil 1:27)
4. One mind (Phil 1:27)
5. The Lord (Phil 4:1)
Eight Things to Think On—
1. Things about your true self (Rom 12:3; 1 Cor 3:18)
2. Things true
3. Things honest
4. Things just
5. Things pure
6. Things lovely
7. Things of good report
8. Things of virtue (Phil 4:8)
One Way to Think—
Think soberly (Rom 12:3)
Five Commands to "Submit"—
1. Submit one to another (Eph 5:21)
2. Submit to God (James 4:7)
3. Submit to every ordinance of man (1 Pet 2:13-14; Rom 13:1-8)
4. Younger ones are to submit to their elders (1 Pet 5:5)
5. Wives must submit to their husbands (Eph 5:22; Col 3:18; 1 Pet 3:1-6)
Twelve "Take's"—
1. Take no anxious thought for necessities of life (Matt 6:25,31; Luke 12:22-30)
2. Take no anxious thought of tomorrow (Matt 6:34)
3. Take no anxious thought of defense (Matt 10:19; Mark 13:9-11; Luke 12:11-12; 21:14)
4. Take my yoke upon you (Matt 11:29)
5. Take advantage of freedom (1 Cor 7:21)
6. Take the Lord's Supper in remembrance of Christ (1 Cor 11:24-26)
7. Take the shield of faith (Eph 6:16)
8. Take the helmet of salvation (Eph 6:17)
9. Take the sword of the Spirit (Eph 6:17)
10. Take oversight of the flock willingly (1 Pet 5:2)
11. Take oversight of the flock without thought of personal gain (1 Pet 5:2)
12. Take a humble seat (Luke 14:8)
Eighteen "Take Heed's"—
1. Take heed that you do not alms to be seen by people (Matt 6:1)
2. Take heed not to despise little ones (Matt 18:10)
3. Take heed not to be deceived (Matt 24:4; Mark 13:5; Luke 21:8)
4. Take heed what you hear (Mark 4:24)
5. Take heed how you hear (Luke 8:18)
6. Take heed to walk in the light (Luke 11:35)
7. Take heed to rebuke and forgive (Luke 17:3)
8. Take heed not to get drunk (Luke 21:34)
9. Take heed not to surfeit (Luke 21:34)
10. Take heed not to be overcome with cares (Luke 21:34)
11. Take heed to yourselves (Matt 13:9; Luke 17:3; Luke 21:34; Acts 20:28)
12. Take heed to the flock of God (Acts 20:28)
13. Take heed lest you misuse your liberty (1 Cor 8:9; Rev 5:13)
14. Take heed lest you fall (1 Cor 10:12; Rom 11:21)
15. Take heed to your ministry (Col 4:17)
16. Take heed that you destroy not one another (Gal 5:15)
17. Take heed to yourself and your doctrine (1 Tim 4:16)
18. Take heed not to backslide (Heb 3:12)
Four "Thou Shalt's"—
1. Thou shalt worship God only (Matt 4:10; Luke 4:8)
2. Thou shalt serve God only (Matt 4:10; Luke 4:8)
3. Thou shalt love neighbors as yourself (Matt 5:43; 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Rom 13:9; Gal 5:14)
4. Thou shalt love God wholeheartedly (Matt 22:37; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27)
Eight "Thou Shalt Not's"—
1. Thou shalt not tempt the Lord (Matt 4:7; Luke 4:12)
2. Thou shalt not kill (Matt 5:21; 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Rom 13:9)
3. Thou shalt not commit adultery (Matt 5:27-28; 19:18; Luke 18:20; Rom 13:9)
4. Thou shalt not pray to be seen by people (Matt 6:5)
5. Thou shalt not steal (Matt 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Rom 13:9)
6. Thou shalt not bear false witness (Matt 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Rom 13:9)
7. Thou shalt not covet (Rom 13:9)
8. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox treading corn (1 Cor 9:9; 1 Tim 5:18)
Two Ways Not to Walk—
1. As Sinners (Eph 4:17)
2. As fools (Eph 5:15)
Seven Things to Walk In—
1. The Spirit (Gal 5:16)
2. Love (Eph 5:2)
3. The light (Eph 5:8-9; 1 John 1:7)
4. Watchfulness (Eph 6:18)
5. Christ (Col 2:6-7; 2 Cor 5:17)
6. Wisdom (Col 4:5)
7. Honesty (1 Thess 4:12)
200 Miscellaneous Commands—
1. Abhor what is evil (Rom 12:9)
2. A Bishop must be (see characteristics of, 1 Tim 3:2-7; Titus 1:6-9)
3. Abide in Christ (John 15:4)
4. Abide with worthy ones (Matt 10:11-13; Mark 6:10; Luke 9:4; 10:5-8)
5. Accuse none falsely (Luke 3:14)
6. Add to Christian graces
7. Admit your own unprofitableness (Luke 17:10)
8. Admonish one another (Col 3:16)
9. Admonish the unruly (2 Thess 3:15)
10. Agree with your adversary (Matt 5:25)
11. Allow no liberty to ensnare you to commit sin (1 Cor 10:25-30)
12. Allow no lust of evil in the your body (1 Thess 4:5)
13. Allow no cursing and blessing from the same mouth (James 3:10)
14. Anoint your head and wash face when fasting (Matt 6:17)
15. Arm your self with a mind to suffer for Christ (1 Pet 4:1)
16. Avenge not yourself (Rom 12:19)
17. Awake from death to light (Eph 5:14)
18. Bear one another's burdens (Gal 6:2)
19. Behave like men (1 Cor 16:13)
20. Bid no false teacher "Godspeed" (2 John 1:10-11)
21. Bring proof of your repentance (Matt 3:8; Luke 3:8)
22. Bring your children up in the Lord (Eph 6:4)
23. Build up your faith (Jude 1:20)
24. Call the poor to your feast (Luke 14:13)
25. Children, obey your parents (Eph 6:1; Col 3:20)
26. Cleanse the lepers (Matt 10:8)
27. Cleanse your hands you sinners (James 4:8)
28. Cleave to good (Rom 12:9)
29. Collect just dues only (Luke 3:13)
30. Come out from among them (2 Cor 6:17)
31. Command and teach these things (1 Tim 4:11; 6:2)
32. Commit the truth to faithful teachers (2 Tim 2:2)
33. Confess your faults one to another (James 5:16)
34. Count it joy when you are tempted (James 1:2)
35. Cut off offending members (Matt 5:29-30; 18:8,9)
36. Deacons must be (see 1 Tim 3:8-12)
37. Defraud not (Mark 10:19)
38. Desire spiritual gifts (1 Cor 14:1)
39. Desire the milk of the Word (1 Pet 2:2)
40. Despise not prophesy (1 Thess 5:20)
41. Destroy none with non-essentials (Rom 14:15; 1 Cor 8:13)
42. Draw near to God (James 4:8)
43. Eat your own bread in quietness (2 Thess 3:12)
44. Earnestly contend for faith (Jude 1:3)
45. Edify yourselves with singing (Eph 5:19)
46. Edify one another (1 Thess 5:11)
47. Enter the straight (narrow) gate (Matt 7:13; Luke 13:24)
48. Examine yourself as to faith (2 Cor 13:5)
49. Exercise in godliness (1 Tim 4:7-8)
50. Exhort servants to obey (Titus 2:9-10)
51. Exhort one another daily (Heb 3:13)
52. Fear not (Luke 12:32)
53. Fight the good fight of faith (1 Tim 6:12)
54. Follow peace and holiness (Heb 12:14)
55. Forbear one another (Col 3:13)
56. Forbid not children (Matt 19:14; Mark 10:14; Luke 18:16)
57. Forbid not tongues (1 Cor 14:39)
58. Forget not to share (Heb 13:16)
59. Forgive 490 times (Matt 18:22)
60. Forgive (Matt 11:25-26; Luke 6:37; Eph 4:32; Col 3:13)
61. Fret not in servitude (2 Cor 7:21)
62. Gird up loins of mind (1 Pet 1:13)
63. Give place to wrath (Rom 12:19)
64. Give your enemy a drink of water (Rom 12:20)
65. Give no occasion to the adversary (1 Tim 5:14)
66. Glorify God in your body and spirit (2 Cor 6:20; Rom 12:1-2)
67. Grieve not the Holy Spirit (Eph 4:30)
68. Grow in grace and knowledge (2 Pet 3:18)
69. Grudge not against another (James 5:9)
70. Harden not your hearts (Heb 3:8-15)
71. Hate flesh-spotted garments (Jude 1:23)
72. Have no respect of persons (partiality, prejudice) (1 Tim 5:21)
73. Have the same love (Phil 2:2)
74. Have no fellowship with works of darkness (Eph 5:11)
75. Heal the sick (Matt 10:8; Luke 10:9)
76. Help propagate truth (3 John 1:8)
77. Humble yourselves (James 4:10; 1 Pet 5:6)
78. Husbands, love your wives (Eph 5:25,28; Col 3:19; 1 Pet 3:7)
79. Husbands, be not bitter against your wives (Col 3:19)
80. Instruct rebels in meekness (2 Tim 2:25)
81. Entreat others according to (1 Tim 5:1-2)
82. Judge not (Matt 7:1; Luke 6:37)
83. Have faith before God for things not condemned in Scripture (Rom 14:22-23)
84. Know how to control your body (1 Thess 4:4)
85. Lay not up your treasures on earth (Matt 6:19)
86. Lay up your treasures in heaven (Matt 6:20; Luke 12:33-34)
87. Lay hold on eternal life (1 Tim 6:12)
88. Leave your parents and cleave to your wife (Matt 19:5; Mark 10:7; Eph 5:31)
89. Lend, hoping for nothing back (Luke 6:35)
90. Lie not (Col 3:9)
91. Lift up hands that hang down (Heb 12:12)
92. Look not everyone on your own things only (Phil 2:4)
93. Look diligently not to fail of grace (Heb 12:15)
94. Look diligently lest any root of bitterness defile (Heb 12:15)
95. Look diligently lest any be a fornicator (Heb 12:16-17)
96. Look to yourselves not to lose reward (2 John 1:8)
97. Look for mercy unto eternal life (Jude 1:21)
98. Lust not after evil things (1 Cor 10:6)
99. Make a tree good or corrupt (Matt 12:33)
100. Make no provision for lusts (Rom 13:14)
101. Make full proof of ministry (2 Tim 4:5)
102. Make straight paths (Heb 12:13)
103. Mark troublemakers (Rom 16:17; Phil 3:17)
104. Mark the unruly (2 Thess 3:14)
105. Marvel not if you are hated by the world (1 John 3:13)
106. Masters, be good to servants (Eph 5:9; Col 4:1)
107. Meditate upon things of (1 Tim 4:15)
108. Mind not the high things (Rom 12:16)
109. Minister as good stewards (1 Pet 4:10)
110. Mortify offending physical members (Col 3:5; Rom 8:12-13)
111. Neither be of doubtful mind (Luke 12:29)
112. No man is to defraud his brother (1 Thess 4:6)
113. Neglect not spiritual gifts (1 Tim 4:14; 2 Tim 1:6)
114. Obey your leaders (Heb 13:17)
115. Offer the other cheek (Matt 5:39; Luke 6:29)
116. Ordain no one in a hurry (1 Tim 5:22)
117. Owe nothing but love (Rom 13:8)
118. Overcome evil with good (Rom 12:21)
119. Pass the time in fear (1 Pet 1:17)
120. Pay your taxes (Rom 13:6)
121. Pay just dues (Rom 13:7)
122. Praise the Lord (Rom 15:11)
123. Preach (Matt 10:7,27; Mark 16:15; 2 Tim 4:2)
124. Present your body to God (Rom 12:1)
125. Provide things honestly (Rom 12:17)
126. Provoke not your children to wrath (Eph 6:4; Col 3:21)
127. Purge out the old leaven (evil influence) (1 Cor 5:7)
128. Purify your hearts of doubt (James 4:8)
129. Put others in remembrance of the essentials (2 Tim 2:14)
130. Quench not the Spirit (1 Thess 5:19)
131. Raise the dead (Matt 10:8)
132. Receive (accept) weak brethren (Rom 14:1)
133. Receive one another (Ro. 15:7)
134. Receive the Word with meekness (James 1:21)
135. Reckon yourself as dead to sin (Rom 6:11)
136. Reckon yourself as alive to God (Rom 6:11)
137. Recognize the truth (1 Cor 10:15)
138. Redeem the time (Eph 5:16; Col 4:5)
139. Reject heretics (Titus 3:10)
140. Refuse to support young widows from church funds (1 Tim 5:11)
141. Remind people of the seven things of (Titus 3:1-2)
142. Render no evil for evil (1 Pet 3:9; Rom 12:17)
143. Repent (Matt 3:2; 4:17; Mark 1:15; Acts 2:38; 3:19; Rev 2:16; Rev 3:19)
144. Resist not evil (Matt 5:38-39)
145. Resist the devil (James 4:7; 1 Pet 5:9)
146. Restore backslider in meekness, considering your own life (Gal 6:1)
147. Run to obtain (1 Cor 9:24)
148. Salute none by the way (Luke 10:4)
149. Salute your leaders (Heb 13:24)
150. Sanctify God in your heart (1 Pet 3:15)
151. Save some with fear (Jude 1:23)
152. Search the Scriptures (John 5:39)
153. Seek not eats and drinks (Luke 12:29)
154. Sell to help the needy (Luke 12:33)
155. Serve the Lord (Rom 12:1)
156. Servants, obey masters (Eph 6:5-8; Col. 3:22-25; 1 Pet 2:18)
157. Set the least to judge (1 Cor 6:4)
158. Set your affections above (Col 3:2)
159. Shake off the dust of your feet (Matt 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; Luke 10:10-11)
160. Show charity to other ministers (Luke 9:49-50)
161. Show yourself as a pattern (Titus 2:7)
162. Show fourthings of (Titus 2:7-8)
163. Sin not (1 Cor 15:34)
164. Sing with grace in heart (Col 3:16)
165. Shun vain babbling's (2 Tim 2:16)
166. Speak and do things in view of the Judgment Day (James 2:12)
167. Speak truth (Eph 4:25)
168. Speak sound doctrine (Titus 2:1)
169. Speak no evil of your brethren (James 4:11)
170. Establish your hearts (James 5:8)
171. Strengthen your feeble knees (Heb 12:12)
172. Strive together for the gospel faith (Phil 1:27)
173. Study to be quiet (1 Thess 4:11)
174. Study (be diligent) to show yourself approved (2 Tim 2:15)
175. Support the weak (1 Thess 5:14)
176. See that no one renders evil for evil (1 Thess 5:15)
177. Swear not (James 5:12; Matt 5:33-36)
178. Tarry one for another (1 Cor 11:33)
179. Tarry for power (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-8)
180. Teach one another (Col 3:16)
181. Teach no other doctrine that the truth (1 Tim 1:3)
182. Tell your brother his fault alone first (Matt 18:15-17)
183. Trust God for your needs as you work (Matt 10:9; Luke 9:3; Luke 10:4)
184. Understand the will of God (Eph 5:17)
185. Use not your liberty as an occasion to sin (Gal 5:13; 1 Pet 1:16)
186. Use hospitality without grudging (1 Pet 4:9)
187. Warn the unruly (1 Thess 5:14)
188. Watch and pray (Matt 24:42; 25:13; Mark 13:33,35; Mark 14:38; Luke 21:36; Eph 6:18: Col 4:2)
189. Watch in all things (2 Tim 4:5; 1 Cor 16:13)
190. Weep with others (Rom 12:15)
191. Withdraw from disorderly brethren (2 Thess 3:6,14)
192. Withdraw from evil people (1 Tim 6:3-6)
193. Wives of deacons must be (1 Tim 3:11)
194. Wives, submit to your husbands (Eph 5:22; Col 3:18; 1 Pet 3:1-6)
195. Work with your own hands (1 Thess 4:11)
196. Work, or do not eat (2 Thess 3:10-11)
197. Work out own salvation (Phil 2:12)
198. Yield not your members to sin (Rom 6:13)
199. Yield yourself to God (Rom 6:13)
200. Yield your members to righteousness (Rom 6:13)

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