31 Bible Verses about Staying Positive

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, be manly, be strong.

holding out a message of life. Thus it will be my boast at the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, or toiled for nothing.

but am in a quandary between the two. I am perplexed. I have a strong desire to break camp and to be with Christ, which is far better;

Finally, brothers, farewell. Aim at perfection, take courage, be of one mind, live in peace; so shall the God of love and peace be with you.

In your diligence be free from sloth. Be glowing in spirit. Slave for the master.

Set your heart on things above, not on earthly things;

For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Only do lead lives worthy of the gospel of Christ; so that whether I come to see you or hear reports concerning you in my absence, I may know that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul, enlisted in a common struggle for the faith of the gospel,

and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, find warmth and food for yourselves," but at the same time you do not give the necessaries of the body, what good would that do them?

But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.

Put in practise also what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me; and the God of peace shall be with you.

Have full sympathy with one another. Set not your minds on high affairs, but associate with lowly folk. Do not be wise in your own conceits.

"Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

Do not be overcome by evil, but be overcoming evil with good.

For it is the will of God that by well-doing you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

In just the same way faith, if it have not deeds, is by itself a lifeless thing.

See that you have a clear conscience, so that, although they speak of you as evil-doers, these libelers of your good Christian lives may be ashamed.

For the good that I intend to do, I do not; but the evil which I do not; but the evil which I do not intend to do, that I am ever practising.

And forget not to be kind and liberal; for with that sort of sacrifice God is well pleased.

I shall therefore be always ready to remind you of all this, even though you know it, and are firmly founded in the truth which is with you.

Hold aloof from every form of evil.

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.

to those outside the Law, as one outside the Law, to win those outside the Law (though I am not outside the law of God, but inside the law of Christ).

But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.

All things are pure to the pure; but to the contaminated and the faithless nothing is pure, nay, their very minds and consciences are tainted.

Let your manner of life before the Gentiles be honest; so that, although they are now slandering you as evil-doers, they may, by beholding your noble conduct, come to glorify God, in the day of visitation.

Rejoice in hope; be patient under affliction; continue stedfast in prayer.

"Into whatever city or town you enter, inquire for some worthy person there, and stay with him until you leave.

Now faith is the title-deed of things hoped for; the putting to the proof of things not seen.

FOR IN IT IS BEING REVEALED A RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH PROCEEDS FROM GOD, FROM FAITH UNTO FAITH; AS IT IS WRITTEN.