COMMANDS TO BELIEVERS

1. Abstain from all appearances of evil.  1 Thess. 5:22

2. Abstain from all fleshly lusts.  1 Pet. 2:11

3. Avoid troublemakers.   Rom. 16:17

4. Avoid profane and vain babblings.  1 Tim. 6:20

5. Avoid false science.  1 Tim. 6:20

6. Avoid foolish questions.  Titus 3:9

7. Avoid arguments about the law.  Titus 3:9

8. Be reconciled to a brother.  Matt. 5:24

9. Be wise as serpents.  Matt. 10:16

10. Be harmless as doves.  Matt. 10:16

11. Be thankful.  Col. 3:15

12. Be patient toward all men.  1 Thess. 5:14; 2 Tim. 2:24

13. Be ready to give an answer of the hope that is in you.  1 Pet. 3:15

14. Be transformed.  Rom. 12:2

15. Be patient in tribulation.  Rom. 12:12

16. Be children in [avoiding] malice.  1 Cor. 14:20

17. Be men in understanding.  1 Cor. 14:20

18. Be steadfast.  1 Cor. 15:58

19. Be unmovable.  1 Cor. 15:58

20. Be always abounding in God’s work.  1 Cor. 15:58

21. Be of one mind.   Rom. 12:16

22. Be separate from the unclean.  2 Cor. 6:17

23. Be angry and sin not.  Eph. 4:26

24. Be filled with the Spirit.  Eph. 5:18

25. Be anxious for nothing.  Phil. 4:6

26. Be an example to other believers.  1 Tim. 4:12

27. Be gentle to all men.  2 Tim. 2:24

28. Be ready to teach.  2 Tim. 2:24

29. Be content with what you have.  Heb. 13:5

30. Be vigilant.  1 Pet. 5:8

31. Do not be like the hypocrites in prayer.  Matt. 6:5

32. Do not be afraid of men.  Luke 12:4

33. Do not be conformed to this world.  Rom. 12:2

34. Do not be children in understanding.  1 Cor. 14:20

35. Do not be deceived by evil companions.  1 Cor. 15:33

36. Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. 2 Cor. 6:14–18

37. Do not be drunk with wine.  Eph. 5:18

38. Do not be weary in well-doing.  2 Thess. 3:13

39. Do not be slothful.  Heb. 6:12

40. Do not be influenced by strange doctrines.  Heb. 13:9

41. Beware of false prophets.  Matt. 7:15; Phil. 3:2

42. Beware of [evil] men.  Matt. 10:17

43. Beware of covetousness.  Luke 12:15

44. Beware of backsliding.  2 Pet. 3:17

45. Do not bid false teachers Godspeed.  2 John 10–11

46. Bring up children in the Lord.  Eph. 6:4

47. Cast your cares upon God.  1 Pet. 5:7

48. Have confidence in God.  Heb. 10:35

49. Come out from among the world.   2 Cor. 6:17

50. Count it joy when you are tempted.  James 1:2

51. Treat others as you expect to be treated.  Matt. 7:12

52. Desire the milk of the Word.   1 Pet. 2:2

53. Do all to God’s glory. 1 Cor. 10:31; Col. 3:17, 23

54. Do all things without murmuring or disputing.  Phil. 2:14

55. Earnestly contend for the faith.   Jude 3

56. Give no place to Satan.  Eph. 4:27

57. Give thanks.  Eph. 5:20; Phil. 4:6

58. Give time to reading.  1 Tim. 4:13

59. Give no offense.  1 Cor. 10:32

60. Give freely.  2 Cor. 9:6–7

61. Give as God has prospered.  1 Cor. 16:2

62. Give willingly.  2 Cor. 8:12

63. Give purposely.  2 Cor. 9:7

64. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit.  Eph. 4:30

65. Grow in grace.  2 Pet. 3:18

66. Have no fellowship with darkness.  Eph. 5:11

67. Have compassion.  Jude 22

68. Have a good conscience.  1 Pet. 3:16

69. Hold forth the Word of life.  Phil. 2:16

70. Hold fast sound words.  2 Tim. 1:13

71. Honor fathers.  Eph. 6:2

72. Honor mothers.  Matt. 19:19

73. Honor widows.  1 Tim. 5:3

74. Honor rulers.  1 Pet. 2:17

75. Lay aside all envy.   1 Pet. 2:1

76. Lay aside all evil speaking.  1 Pet. 2:1

77. Do not lay up treasures on earth.  Matt. 6:19

78. Let your light shine.   Matt. 5:16

79. Let everyone deny himself.   Matt. 16:24

80. Let him share with the needy.   Luke 3:11

81. Let everyone obey civil laws.  Rom. 13:1

82. Let no man deceive himself.  1 Cor. 3:18

83. Let everyone examine himself at communion.  1 Cor. 11:28

84. Let your requests be made known to God.  Phil. 4:6

85. Let your speech be with grace.  Col. 4:6

86. Do all things in decent order.   1 Cor. 14:40

87. Let those who are taught support the teacher.  Gal. 6:6

88. Let wives be subject to their Husbands.  Eph. 5:22; Col. 3:18

89. Let husbands love their wives.   Eph. 5:25

90. Let wives reverence their husbands.   Eph. 5:33

91. Let everyone be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.   James 1:19

92. Let the afflicted pray.      James 5:13

93. Let the adorning of women be more inward than outward.  1 Pet. 3:3–4

94. Don’t let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.   Matt. 6:3

95. Do not let sin reign in the body.   Rom. 6:12

96. Do not let the sun go down on your wrath.  Eph. 4:26

97. Follow things that edify.  Rom. 14:19

98. Walk in the Spirit.  Gal. 5:25

99. Do not provoke one another.  Gal. 5:26

100. Do not be weary in well-doing.   Gal. 6:9

101. Come boldly to the throne of grace.  Heb. 4:16; 10:19–23

102. Do not forsake assembling together in worship.  Heb. 10:25

103. Exhort one another.  Heb. 10:25

104. Lay aside every weight.  Heb. 12:1

105. Run with patience the race before us.  Heb. 12:1

106. Look to Jesus.  Heb. 12:2

107. Offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually.    Heb. 13:15

108. Do not judge one another in doubtful things.  Rom. 14:1

109. Do not cause others to stumble.  Rom. 14:13

110. Mark troublemakers.  Rom. 16:17; Phil. 3:17

111. Pray for your persecutors.  Matt. 5:44; Luke 6:28

112. Pray for laborers.  Matt. 9:38; Luke 10:2

113. Present your body to God.  Rom. 12:1

114. Put on the new man.   Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10

115. Put on the whole armor of God.   Eph. 6:11, 13

116. Do not quench the Spirit.   1 Thess. 5:19

117. Consider yourself dead to sin.  Rom. 6:11

118. Redeem the time.   Eph. 5:16

119. Resist the devil.   James 4:7; 1 Pet. 5:9

120. Restore backsliders in meekness.   Gal. 6:1

121. Strengthen feeble knees.  Heb. 12:12

122. Study to show yourself approved to God. 2 Tim. 2:15

123. Take no anxious thought of tomorrow.   Matt. 6:34

124. Take the Lord’s Supper.    1 Cor. 11:24–26

125. Be careful not to despise little ones.   Matt. 18:10

126. Be aware of yourself and your doctrine.  1 Tim. 4:16

127. Withdraw from disorderly people.   2 Thess. 3:6, 14

Copyright  Willmington, H.L.

Willmington’s book of Bible lists / H.L.Willmington.—Wheaton, IL : Tyndale, c1987.  361p.