Self Respect

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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.

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

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

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.