There are 1,050 commands in the New Testament for Christians to obey. Due to repetitions we can classify them under about 800 headings. They cover every phase of man's life in his relationship to God and his fellowmen, now and hereafter. If obeyed, they will bring rich rewards here and forever; if disobeyed, they will bring condemnation and eternal punishment.
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Seven "Abstains" - Abstain From:
- Idols (ACTS 15:20)
- Fornication (ACTS 15:20,29; 1.THESS 4:2-3)
- Strangled meats (ACTS 15:20)
- Eating blood (ACTS 15:20)
- Meats offered to idols (ACTS 15:29)
- All appearance of evil (1.THESS 5:22)
- Fleshly lusts (1.PET 2:11)
Three "Asks":
- Ask and ye shall receive (MATT 7:7)
- Ask no return of goods (LK 6:30)
- Ask life for backsliders (1.JN 5:16)
Seven things to avoid:
- Troublemakers (ROM 16:17)
- Profane and vain babblings (1.TIM 6:20)
- False science (1.TIM 6:20)
- Unlearned questions (2.TIM 2:23)
- Foolish questions (TIT 3:9)
- Genealogies (TIT 3:9)
- Arguments about the law (TIT 3:9)
Two things to awake to:
- Awake to righteousness (1.COR 15:34)
- Awake to life (EPH 5:14)
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Seventy-four "Be's":
- Be exceeding glad (MATT 5:12)
- Be reconciled to a brother (MATT 5:24)
- Be perfect (MATT 5:48; 2.COR 13:11)
- Be wise as serpents (MATT 10:16)
- Be harmless as doves (MATT 10:16)
- Be ready for Christ's coming (MATT 24:44; LK 12:40)
- Be content with your wages (LK 3:14)
- Be merciful as God (LK 6:36)
- Be like faithful servants (LK 12:36)
- Be thankful (COL 3:15)
- Be at peace among selves (1.THESS 5:13)
- Be patient toward all people (1.THESS 5:14; 2.TIM 2:24)
- Be no partaker of sin (1.TIM 5:22)
- Be sober and hope (1.PET 1:13)
- Be sober and pray (1.PET 4:7)
- Be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith,
charity, and patience (aged men, TIT 2:2)
- Be sober, love husbands and children (young
women, TIT 2:4)
- Be sober minded (young men, TIT 2:6)
- Be in behaviour as becoming to saints (aged
women, TIT 2:3)
- Be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good,
obedient (young women, TIT 2:5)
- Be ready to give an answer of the hope that
is in you (1.PET 3:15)
- Be of good cheer (JN 16:33)
- Be baptized (ACTS 2:38)
- Be converted (ACTS 3:19)
- Be transformed (ROM 12:2)
- Be kind of brotherly love one to another
(ROM 12:10; EPH 4:32)
- Be fervent in spirit (ROM 12:11)
- Be patient in tribulation (ROM 12:12)
- Be given to hospitality (ROM 12:13)
- Be afraid, if lawless (ROM 13:4)
- Be no idolater (1.COR 10:7)
- Be followers of Paul as he followed Christ
(1.COR 11:1; PHIL 3:17)
- Be followers of God (EPH 5:1)
- Be followers of the faithful and patient
(HEB 6:12)
- Be not children in understanding
(1.COR 14:20)
- Be men in understanding (1.COR 14:20)
- Be steadfast (1.COR 15:58)
- Be unmoveable (1.COR 15:58)
- Be always abounding in God's work
(1.COR 15:58)
- Be strong in the Lord (1.COR 16:13;
EPH 6:10; 2.TIM 2:1)
- Be of good comfort (2.COR 13:11)
- Be of one mind (ROM 12:16;
2.COR 13:11; PHIL 2:2; 1.PET 3:8)
- Be separate from the unclean
(2.COR 6:17)
- Be renewed in spirit (EPH 4:23)
- Be angry and sin not (EPH 4:26)
- Be tender-hearted one to another
(EPH 4:32)
- Be filled with the Spirit (EPH 5:18)
- Be likeminded (PHIL 2:2)
- Be one of accord (PHIL 2:2)
- Be anxious for nothing (PHIL 4:6)
- Be an example to believers in word,
conversation, charity, spirit, faith, and purity
(1.TIM 4:12)
- Be a partaker of Christian sufferings
(2.TIM 1:8; cp. 1.PET 4:1)
- Be gentle to all people (2.TIM 2:24)
- Be apt to teach (2.TIM 2:24)
- Be instant in season, out of season
(2.TIM 4:2)
- Be careful to maintain good works
(TIT 3:8,14; cp. MATT 5:16)
- Be content with what you have (HEB 13:5)
- Be doers of the Word (JAS 1:22)
- Be afflicted and mourn (JAS 4:9)
- Be patient till Christ comes (JAS 5:7-8)
- Be holy in conversation (behaviour)
(1.PET 1:15-16)
- Be pitiful (1.PET 3:8)
- Be courteous (1.PET 3:8)
- Be examples of the flock of God, not lord over
it (1.PET 5:3)
- Be subject one to another (1.PET 5:5)
- Be clothed with humility (1.PET 5:5)
- Be sober (1.PET 5:8)
- Be vigilant (1.PET 5:8)
- Be mindful of prophecies and commandments (2.PET 3:2)
- Be diligent to be found in peace (2.PET 3:14)
- Be diligent to be without spot, and blameless
(2.PET 3:14)
- Be faithful to death (REV 2:10)
- Be watchful, strengthen self (REV 3:2)
- Be zealous and repent (REV 3:19)
Thirty "Be Not's"
- Be not like the hypocrites in prayer (MATT 6:5)
- Be not like the heathen in prayer (MATT 6:8)
- Be not as hypocrites in fasting (MATT 6:16)
- Be not called "Rabbi" (MATT 23:8)
- Be not called "Master" (MATT 23:9)
- Be not afraid of man (LK 12:4)
- Be not of doubtful mind (LK 12:29)
- Be not many teachers (JAS 3:1)
- Be not afraid of terror (1.PET 3:14)
- Be not troubled (1.PET 3:14)
- Be not ignorant of time with God (2.PET 3:8; cp. ISA 57:15)
- Be not deceived: 10 classes not to inherit the kingdom (1.COR 6:9-10)
- Be not conformed to world (ROM 12:2)
- Be not slothful in business (ROM 12:11)
- Be not conceited (ROM 12:16)
- Be not overcome of evil (ROM 12:21)
- Be not mere servants of men (1.COR 7:23)
- Be not children in understanding (1.COR 14:20)
- Be not deceived by evil companions (1.COR 15:33)
- Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers (2.COR 6:14-15)
- Be not entangled again with keeping the law(GAL 5:1)
- Be not deceived: man will reap what he sows(GAL 6:7-8)
- Be not partakers with sinners (EPH 5:7)
- Be not unwise about God's will (EPH 5:17)
- Be not drunk with wine (EPH 5:18)
- Be not weary in well doing (2.THESS 3:13)
- Be not ashamed of God (2.TIM 1:8)
- Be not slothful (HEB 6:12)
- Be not forgetful of strangers (HEB 13:2)
- Be not carried about with different strange doctrines (HEB 13:9)
Fourteen "Beware's":
- Beware of false prophets (MATT 7:15)
- Beware of people (MATT 10:17)
- Beware of leaven (doctrine) of Pharisees (MATT 16:6-12)
- Beware of leaven (doctrine) of Herod (MK 8:15)
- Beware of hypocrisy (LK 12:1)
- Beware of covetousness (LK 12:15)
- Beware of scribes (MK 12:38; LK 20:46)
- Beware of lest you despise God and perish (ACTS 13:40-41)
- Beware of dogs (false teachers, PHIL 3:2; ISA 56:10)
- Beware of evil workers (PHIL 3:2)
- Beware of the concision (Jews, PHIL 3:2)
- Beware of being spoiled through philosophy (COL 2:8)
- Beware of being spoiled through vain deceit (COL 2:8)
- Beware of backsliding (2.PET 3:17)
Four things to believe:
- The gospel (MK 1:15)
- God's existence (HEB 11:6)
- On Jesus Christ (1.JN 3:23)
- God rewards diligent seeking (HEB 11:6)
One thing not to believe:
- Believe not every spirit (1.JN 4:1)
Two classes to bless:
- Those who curse you (MATT 5:44; LK 6:28)
- Persecutors (ROM 12:14)
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Three things to cast out or away:
- The beam out of own eyes (MATT 7:5; LK 6:42)
- Devils (MATT 10:8)
- All your cares upon God (1.PET 5:7)
Two classes to comfort:
- One another-fellow Christians (1.THESS 4:18; 1.THESS 5:11)
- The feeble-minded (1.THESS 5:14)
Five things to charge:
- Men to be blameless (1.TIM 5:7)
- The rich to be humble (1.TIM 6:17)
- The rich to trust in God (1.TIM 6:17)
- The rich to do good works (1.TIM 6:18)
- The rich to lay hold on eternal life (1.TIM 6:19)
Five things to consider:
- The ravens (LK 12:24)
- The lilies (LK 12:27-28)
- Truth (2.TIM 2:7)
- That you are capable of falling (GAL 6:1)
- Christ (HEB 3:1; HEB 12:3)
Three things to continue in:
- Love (JN 15:9)
- Prayer (ROM 12:12; COL 4:2)
- Truth (2.TIM 3:14)
Two things to covet:
- The best gifts (1.COR 12:31)
- To prophesy (1.COR 14:39); cp. things not to covet (EX 20:17; DEUT 5:21)
One thing not to cast away:
- Your confidence in God (HEB 10:35)
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Ten "Do's":
- Do good to them that hate you (MATT 5:44; LK 6:27)
- Do to others what you expect of them (MATT 7:12; LK 6:31)
- Do violence to no man (LK 3:14)
- Do good (LK 6:35; ROM 13:3)
- Do this (put God first) and live (LK 10:28)
- Do all to God's glory (1.COR 10:31; COL 3:17,23)
- Do all things without murmuring and disputing (PHIL 2:14)
- Do those things, which were seen and heard in me (Paul, PHIL 4:9)
- Do your own business (1.THESS 4:11)
- Do the work of an evangelist (2.TIM 4:5)
Ten "Do Not's":
- Do not alms before people (MATT 6:1)
- Do not sound trumpet before you when giving alms (MATT 6:2)
- Do not do works of Pharisees (MATT 23:3-33)
- Do not love in word only (1.JN 3:18)
- Do not give heed to fables (1.TIM 1:4)
- Do not give heed to genealogies (1.TIM 1:4)
- Do not err (JAS 1:16)
- Do not commit adultery (JAS 2:11)
- Do not kill (JAS 2:11)
- Do not fashion self according to former lusts (1.PET 1:14)
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Two Things to Endure:
- Hardness (2.TIM 2:3)
- Sufferings (2.TIM 4:5)
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Whom to fear:
- God (MATT 10:28; LK 12:5; 1.PET 2:17; REV 14:7)
Three things not to fear:
- Man (MATT 10:28; LK 12:5)
- Persecutors (MATT 10:26)
- No lack of provision (MATT 10:31; MK 6:8-9; LK 12:7)
Five things to feed:
- Enemies (ROM 12:20)
- Lambs (JN 21:15)
- Sheep (JN 21:16,17)
- Flock of God (1.PET 5:2)
- The church (ACTS 20:28)
Four things to flee from:
- Fornication (1.COR 6:18)
- Idolatry (1.COR 10:14)
- Hurtful lusts (1.TIM 6:9-11)
- Youthful lusts (2.TIM 2:22)
Ten things to follow:
- Christ (MATT 4:19; MATT 8:22; MATT 16:24; MK 8:34; MK 10:21; LK 9:23; JN 21:19)
- Love (1.COR 14:1; 1.TIM 6:11; 2.TIM 2:22)
- Good (1.THESS 5:15; 3.JN 1:11)
- Righteousness (1.TIM 6:11; 2.TIM 2:22)
- Godliness (1.TIM 6:11)
- Faith (1.TIM 6:11; 2.TIM 2:22)
- Patience (1.TIM 6:11)
- Meekness (1.TIM 6:11)
- Peace (2.TIM 2:22; HEB 12:14)
- Holiness (HEB 12:14)
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Seven things about giving:
1. Commanded:
- Give (LK 6:38)
2. Whom to give to:
- Him that asks (MATT 5:42; LK 6:30)
- Needy saints (ROM 12:13)
- God (COL 3:17; REV 14:7)
3. Whom not to give to:
- Give not holy things to rebels (MATT 7:6)
- Give no place to Satan (EPH 4:27)
4. What to give:
- (1) Holy things (MATT 7:6; MATT 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:
- Give no offence (1.COR 10:32)
- Give no heed of fables and commandments of human beings (TIT 1:14)
6. How to give:
- Freely (MATT 10:8; 2.COR 9:6)
- Good measure (LK 6:38)
- As God has prospered (1.COR 16:2)
- Willingly (2.COR 8:12)
- With purpose (2.COR 9:7)
- Cheerfully (2.COR 9:7)
7. Blessings promised for giving:
- (1) Returns on the basis of giving (LK 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":
- Go two miles (MATT 5:41)
- Go teach (MATT 28:19-20)
- Go preach (MK 16:15)
- Go not from house to house (LK 10:7)
- Go and do likewise (LK 10:37)
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Seven "Have's":
- Have faith (MK 11:22; ROM 14:22-23)
- Have no fellowship with darkness (EPH 5:11)
- Have no respect of persons (1.TIM 5:21; JAS 2:1-10)
- Have honest conversation (1.PET 2:12)
- Have compassion (1.PET 3:8; JUDE 1:22)
- Have a good conscience (1.PET 3:16)
- Have fervent love (1.PET 4:8)
Fourteen "Hold's":
- Hold forth Word of life (PHIL 2:16)
- Hold fast to the good (1.THESS 5:21)
- Hold Christian traditions (1.TIM 1:19;1.TIM 3:9)
- Hold faith (1.TIM 1:19)
- Hold a good conscience (1.TIM 1:19)
- Hold fast sound doctrine (2.TIM 1:13)
- Hold fast till Christ comes (REV 2:25)
- Hold fast what you have (REV 3:11)
- Hold your crown (REV 3:11)
- Hold reputation of ministers (PHIL 2:29)
- Hold eternal life (1.TIM 6:12,19)
- Hold hope (HEB 6:18)
- Hold confidence (HEB 3:6,14)
- Hold what is heard and received (REV 3:3)
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Seven things to keep:
- Keep commandments (MATT 19:17; JN 14:15)
- Keep no company with the 6 classes of professed Christians of 1.COR 5:11
- Keep yourself pure (1.TIM 5:22)
- Keep the gospel commandments until Christ comes (1.TIM 6:14)
- Keep the good entrusted you (2.TIM 1:14)
- Keep yourself from idols (1.JN 5:21)
- Keep yourself in God's love (JUDE 1:21)
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Six things to lay aside:
- Wickedness (JAS 1:21)
- All malice (1.PET 2:1)
- All guile (1.PET 2:1)
- All hypocrisies (1.PET 2:1)
- All envies (1.PET 2:1)
- All evil speakings (1.PET 2:1)
One Hundred "Let's":
- Let your light shine (MATT 5:16; LK 12:35)
- Let your conversation be yea, nay (MATT 5:37; JAS 5:12)
- Let your enemy have your cloak (MATT 5:40; LK 6:29)
- Let blind leaders alone (MATT 15:14)
- Let everyone deny themselves (MATT 16:24; MK 8:34; LK 9:23)
- Let him take up cross (MATT 16:24; MK 8:34; MK 10:21; LK 9:23)
- Let him hear (MK 4:23; LK 14:35)
- Let him share with the needy (LK 3:11)
- Let your loins be girded (LK 12:35)
- Let everyone take your purse and script (LK 22:36)
- Let him sell his garment, buy sword (LK 22:36)
- Let your love be genuine (ROM 12:9)
- Let everyone obey the civil laws (ROM 13:1)
- Let everyone choose his own sabbath day (ROM 14:5-7; COL 2:14-17)
- Let everyone take heed how he builds upon Christ (1.COR 3:10)
- Let no man deceive himself (1.COR 3:18)
- Let every man have his own wife (1.COR 7:2)
- Let every woman her own husband (1.COR 7:2)
- Let spouses satisfy each other in sexual relations (1.COR 7:4-5)
- Let them who cannot restrain marry (1.COR 7:9)
- Let husbands and wives remain unmarried if they separate or, be reconciled (1.COR 7:11)
- Let the unbelieving ones depart who refuse to remain (1.COR 7:15)
- Let every man abide in his calling (1.COR 7:17-24)
- Let no one seek to erase circumcision (1.COR 7:18)
- Let no one be circumcised (as a religious rite, 1.COR 7:18)
- Let a father give his daughter in marriage if she desires it (1.COR 7:36-38)
- Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall (1.COR 10:12)
- Let no man seek wealth selfishly (1.COR 10:24)
- Let the woman cut her hair if her head is uncovered (1.COR 11:6)
- Let the woman wear a covering if cutting and shaving the hair be a shame (1.COR 11:6)
- Let everyone examine self when taking the Lord's Supper (1.COR 11:28)
- Let the hungry eat at home, not at the Lord's Supper (1.COR 11:34)
- Let the speaker in tongues pray for the inter-pretation (1.COR 14:13)
- Let all things be done to edifying (1.COR 14:26)
- Let no more than 3 messages in tongues be given in one service (1.COR 14:27)
- Let one interpret (1.COR 14:27)
- Let the mind of Christ be in you (PHIL 2:5)
- Let your moderation be known (PHIL 4:5)
- Let your requests be known to God (PHIL 4:6)
- 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)
- Let no one rob you of your reward by some vain religion (COL 2:18)
- Let peace rule the heart (COL 3:15)
- Let the Word dwell in you (COL 3:16)
- Let speech be with grace (COL 4:6)
- Let no one deceive you about the day of Christ being at hand (2.THESS 2:3)
- Let no man despise youth (1.TIM 4:12)
- Let the speaker in tongues keep silent in church speaking to himself and God if no interpreter present (1.COR 14:28)
- Let the prophets speak two or three messages and let others judge (1.COR 14:29)
- Let times be shared in revelation (1.COR 14:30)
- Let women learn quietly in church or at home (1.COR 14:34-35; 1.TIM 2:11)
- Let everyone acknowledge regulation of spiritual gifts to be commandments of God (1.COR 14:37)
- Let rebels to truth remain ignorant (1.COR 14:38)
- Let all things be done in decent order (1.COR 16:2)
- Let everyone give as God prospers (1.COR 16:2)
- Let all things be done in love (1.COR 16:14)
- Let everyone give cheerfully (2.COR 9:7)
- Let rebels to truth be accursed (1.COR 16:22; GAL 1:8-9)
- Let everyone prove their own work (GAL 6:4)
- Let those taught support the teacher (GAL 6:6)
- Let the thief steal no more (EPH 4:28)
- Let the thief labour instead of stealing to have to give to others (EPH 4:28)
- Let no corrupt conversation come from your mouth (EPH 4:29)
- Let bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, evil speaking, and malice be put away (EPH 4:31)
- Let no man deceive you with vain words (EPH 5:6)
- Let the wives be subject to their husbands (EPH 5:22,24; COL 3:18; 1.PET 3:1-6)
- Let the husbands love their wives (EPH 5:25,28,33; COL 3:19; 1.PET 3:7)
- Let the wives reverence their husbands (EPH 5:33)
- Let your conversation (behaviour) be becoming of the gospel (PHIL 1:27)
- Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory (PHIL 2:3)
- Let each esteem other better than himself (PHIL 2:3)
- Let worthy elders be doubly honoured (paid) (1.TIM 5:17)
- Let servants honour masters (1.TIM 6:1)
- Let masters respect servants (1.TIM 6:2)
- Let every Christian depart from iniquity (2.TIM 2:19)
- Let no man despise you (TIT 2:15)
- Let brotherly love continue (HEB 13:1)
- Let conversation be without covetousness (HEB 13:5)
- Let patience work perfectly (JAS 1:4)
- Let one who lacks, ask for wisdom (JAS 1:5)
- Let him ask in faith (JAS 1:6)
- Let the exalted rejoice (JAS 1:9)
- Let the humble rejoice (JAS 1:10)
- Let no man lay temptation to God (JAS 1:13)
- Let everyone be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath (JAS 1:19)
- Let the wise demonstrate wisdom and knowledge (JAS 3:13)
- Let the light-hearted sinners become remorseful (JAS 4:9)
- Let the afflicted pray (JAS 5:13)
- Let the merry sing psalms (JAS 5:13)
- Let the sick call elders (JAS 5:14)
- Let elders pray for sick, anointing with oil (JAS 5:14-15; cp. MK 6:13)
- Let adorning be more inward than outward (1.PET 3:3-4; 1.TIM 2:9-10)
- Let everyone refrain tongue from evil, and lips from guile (1.PET 3:10)
- Let everyone shun evil, do good, seek peace and pursue it (1.PET 3:11)
- Let ministers speak for God (1.PET 4:11)
- Let no one suffer as a murderer, thief, evildoer, or busybody (1.PET 4:15)
- Let no one be ashamed to suffer as a Christian, but be thankful (1.PET 4:16)
- Let Christian sufferers commit their souls to God (1.PET 4:19)
- Let eternal life abide in you (1.JN 2:24-25)
- Let no man deceive you about being righteous (1.JN 3:7)
- Let him that hath an ear, hear (REV 2:7,11,17,29; REV 3:6,13,22)