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Ethics The study of morality and moral choices. Christian ethics seek to relate the moral teaching of the Bible to its application in everyday life.
Key KJV Scriptures:
Matthew 7:12; 22:37-40; Romans 12:1-2; 13:8-10; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-7
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
17 indexed verses · Showing 1–17. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Matthew 7:12 (KJV)
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.
Matthew 22:37 (KJV)
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Matthew 22:38 (KJV)
This is the first and great commandment.
Matthew 22:39 (KJV)
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 22:40 (KJV)
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Romans 12:1 (KJV)
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.
Romans 12:2 (KJV)
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.
Romans 13:8 (KJV)
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:9 (KJV)
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Romans 13:10 (KJV)
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
1 Thessalonians 4:1 (KJV)
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
1 Thessalonians 4:2 (KJV)
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 (KJV)
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1 Thessalonians 4:4 (KJV)
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
1 Thessalonians 4:5 (KJV)
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
1 Thessalonians 4:6 (KJV)
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
1 Thessalonians 4:7 (KJV)
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.