9 Bible Verses about Pursuing Good
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Keep a strong curb, however, on your youthful cravings; and strive for integrity, good faith, love, peace, in company with all who pray to the Lord with pure hearts.
Let him turn from evil, and do good; Let him inquire for peace and go in pursuit of it.
but may rather be restored. Persistently strive for peace with all men, and for that growth in holiness apart from which no one will see the Lord.
To what conclusion does this bring us? Why, that the Gentiles, who were not in pursuit of righteousness, have overtaken it--a righteousness, however, which arises from faith;
while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one.
Therefore let us aim at whatever makes for peace and mutual upbuilding of character.
I do not say that I have already won the race or have already reached perfection. But I am pressing on, striving to lay hold of the prize for which also Christ has laid hold of me.
with my eyes fixed on the goal I push on to secure the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus.
But you, O man of God, must flee from these things; and strive for uprightness, godliness, good faith, love, fortitude, and a forgiving temper.