John 14:15 -- "If you love me, you will obey what I command."
John 15:10 -- "If you obey my commands, you will remain in my
love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love."
Acts 2:42 -- "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer."
Romans 3:27 -- "Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith."
Romans 4:7-8 -- "Blessed are they
whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the
man whose sin the Lord will never count against him."
2 Corinthians 10:17 -- "But let him who boasts boast in the Lord."
Galatians 2:20 -- "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
Galatians 3:26-27 -- "You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ."
Galatians 6:14 -- "May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world."
Ephesians 2:7-10 -- "in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
Ephesians 4:1-2 -- "As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."
Ephesians 6:10-18 -- "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints."
Colossians 1:10-12 -- "And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light."
2 Thessalonians 1:8 -- "He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus."
2 Peter 3:9 -- "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
1 John 5:3 -- "This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome."