doing good deeds

¹“Pay attention, lest you perform your justice before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you shall not have a reward with your Father, who is in heaven. ²Therefore, when you give alms, do not choose to sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the towns, so that they may be honored by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. ³But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ⁴so that your almsgiving may be in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.

⁹And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.

¹⁷Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

²⁶For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

¹⁷Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing, and does not do it, for him it is a sin.

⁸For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God. ⁹And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.

²¹Not all who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. ²²Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and perform many powerful deeds in your name?’ ²³And then will I disclose to them: ‘I have never known you. Depart from me, you workers of iniquity.’

²⁴And let us be considerate of one another, so as to prompt ourselves to charity and to good works,

²⁷This is religion, clean and undefiled before God the Father: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulations, and to keep yourself immaculate, apart from this age.

¹⁴But let our men also learn to excel in good works pertaining to the necessities of life, so that they may not be unfruitful.

¹³For it is God who works in you, both so as to choose, and so as to act, in accord with his good will.

⁷In all things, present yourself as an example of good works: in doctrine, with integrity, with seriousness, ⁸with sound words, irreproachably, so that he who is an opponent may dread that he has nothing evil to say about us. ⁹Exhort servants to be submissive to their masters, in all things pleasing, not contradicting,

¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence, ²⁰the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions, ²¹envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God. ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance, ²³meekness, faith, modesty, abstinence, chastity. There is no law against such things. ²⁴For those who are Christ’s have crucified their flesh, along with its vices and desires.

²³Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.

⁸I will reveal to you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires from you, and how to act with judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk carefully with your God.

¹⁷so that the man of God may be perfect, having been trained for every good work.