Bible Verses About Christian Virtues

(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;