A CHRISTIAN WILL HAVE FAITH, VIRTUE, TEMPERANCE, PATIENCE, GODLINESS, BROTHERLY KINDNESS, AND LOVE 
KJV 2 Peter 1:5-11
 5.  And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
 6.  And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
 7.  And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
 8.  For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 9.  But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
 10.  Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
 11.  For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

BE SUBJECT TO THE POWER OF GOD
KJV Romans 13:1-4
1.  Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
 2.  Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
 3.  For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
 4.  For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

WEAR THE ARMOR OF GOD
KJV Ephesians 6:11-20
 11.  Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
 12.  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
 13.  Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
 14.  Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
 15.  And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
 16.  Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
 17.  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
 18.  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
 19.  And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
 20.  For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

KEEP THE WORD OF GOD
KJV Luke 8:15
 15.  But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

UNTANGLE FROM THE WORLD
KJV 2 Timothy 2:4-5
4.  No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
 5.  And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

RUN THE CHRISTIAN RACE
KJV Hebrews 12:1-2
 1.  Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
 2.  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

FIGHT FOR GOD
KJV 1 Timothy 6:12
 12.  Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

LOVE EVEN YOU ENEMIES
KJV Matthew 5:44-48
44.  But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
 45.  That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
 46.  For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
 47.  And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
 48.  Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

LOVE EACH OTHER
KJV 1 Peter 1:22
 22.  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

NOT SEEK GAIN IN CHRIST OF MONEY
KJV John 2:15
 15.  And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;

BE TRANSFORMED FROM THIS WORLD GIVING OURSELVES TO GOD
KJV Romans 12:1-2
1.  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
 2.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD
KJV Romans 12:21
 21.  Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WANT TO BE TREATED
KJV Matthew 7:12
12.  Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

DO GOOD UNTO ALL MEN
KJV Galatians 6:10
10.  As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH
KJV John 4:23-24
 23.  But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
 24.  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

VISIT THE AFFLICTED
KJV James 1:27
 27.  Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

SPEAK SOUND DOCTRINE
KJV Titus 2:7-8
7.  In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
 8.  Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

GROW IN KNOWLEDGE
KJV 2 Peter 3:18
18. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

BEAR THE BURDENS OF OTHERS – DO NOT “KEEP TO YOURSELF” WHEN OTHERS ARE IN NEED OF YOU
KJV Galatians 6:1-2
 1.  Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
 2.  Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

PUT ON A NEW BEING
KJV Colossians 3:5-11
 5.  Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
 6.  For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
 7.  In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
 8.  But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
 9.  Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
 10.  And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
 11.  Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD
KJV Matthew 6:33
 33.  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD
KJV Mark 16:15-16
15.  And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
 16.  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
 

WALK PLEASING TO GOD
KJV Colossians 1:10-14
10.  That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
 11.  Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
 12.  Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
 13.  Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
 14.  In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

RECEIVE SALVATION
KJV 1 Peter 1:9
9.  Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

REMAIN FAITHFUL TO DEATH
KJV Revelation 2:10
10. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
 

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YOU MUST:
HEAR – ROMANS 10:17
BELIEVE – HEBREWS 11:6
REPENT – ACTS 17:30
BE BAPTIZED - ACTS 2:38
 
 

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