enter the kingdom of god
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5Jesus responded: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.
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.
15and saying: “For the time has been fulfilled and the kingdom of God has drawn near. Repent and believe in the Gospel.”
22And when they had established priests for them in each church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.
9Do you not know that the iniquitous will not possess the kingdom of God? Do not choose to wander astray. For neither fornicators, nor servants of idolatry, nor adulterers,
33Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
15Amen I say to you, whoever will not accept the kingdom of God like a little child, will not enter into it.”
3Jesus responded and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.”
17Amen, I say to you, whoever will not accept the kingdom of God like a child, will not enter into it.”
23And Jesus, looking around, said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!”
50Now I say this, brothers, because flesh and blood is not able to possess the kingdom of God; neither will what is corrupt possess what is incorrupt. 51Behold, I tell you a mystery. Certainly, we shall all rise again, but we shall not all be transformed: 52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise up, incorruptible. And we shall be transformed.