What Christians Should "Be"



Seventy-four "Be's":

1. Be exceeding glad ( Mt 5:12 )

2. Be reconciled to a brother ( Mt 5:24 )

3. Be perfect ( Mt 5:48; 2Co 13:11 )

4. Be wise as serpents ( Mt 10:16 )

5. Be harmless as doves ( Mt 10:16 )

6. Be ready for Christ's coming ( Mt 24:44; Lk 12:40 )

7. Be content with your wages ( Lk 3:14 )

8. Be merciful as God ( Lk 6:36 )

9. Be like faithful servants ( Lk 12:36 )

10. Be thankful ( Col 3:15 )

11. Be at peace among selves ( 1Th 5:13 )

12. Be patient toward all people ( 1Th 5:14; 2Ti 2:24 )

13. Be no partaker of sin ( 1Ti 5:22 )

14. Be sober and hope ( 1Pe 1:13 )

15. Be sober and pray ( 1Pe 4:7 )

16. Be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, charity, and patience (aged men, Tit 2:2 )

17. Be sober, love husbands and children (young women, Tit 2:4 )

18. Be sober minded (young men, Tit 2:6 )

19. Be in behavior as becoming to saints (aged women, Tit 2:3 )

20. Be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient (young women, Tit 2:5 )

21. Be ready to give an answer of the hope that is in you ( 1Pe 3:15 )

22. Be of good cheer ( Jn 16:33 )

23. Be baptized ( Ac 2:38 )

24. Be converted ( Ac 3:19 )

25. Be transformed ( Ro 12:2 )

26. Be kind of brotherly love one to another ( Ro 12:10; Ep 4:32 )

27. Be fervent in spirit ( Ro 12:11 )

28. Be patient in tribulation ( Ro 12:12 )

29. Be given to hospitality ( Ro 12:13 )

30. Be afraid, if lawless ( Ro 13:4 )

31. Be no idolater ( 1Co 10:7 )

32. Be followers of Paul as he followed Christ ( 1Co 11:1; Phl 3:17 )

33. Be followers of God ( Ep 5:1 )

34. Be followers of the faithful and patient ( Heb 6:12 )

35. Be children in malice ( 1Co 14:20 )

36. Be men in understanding ( 1Co 14:20 )

37. Be stedfast ( 1Co 15:58 )

38. Be unmoveable ( 1Co 15:58 )

39. Be always abounding in God's work ( 1Co 15:58 )

40. Be strong in the Lord ( 1Co 16:13; Ep 6:10; 2Ti 2:1 )

41. Be of good comfort ( 2Co 13:11 )

42. Be of one mind ( Ro 12:16; 2Co 13:11; Phl 2:2; 1Pe 3:8 )

43. Be separate from the unclean ( 2Co 6:17 )

44. Be renewed in spirit ( Ep 4:23 )

45. Be angry and sin not ( Ep 4:26 )

46. Be tenderhearted one to another ( Ep 4:32 )

47. Be filled with the Spirit ( Ep 5:18 )

48. Be likeminded ( Phl 2:2 )

49. Be one of accord ( Phl 2:2 )

50. Be anxious for nothing ( Phl 4:6 )

51. Be an example to believers in word, conversation, charity, spirit, faith, and purity ( 1Ti 4:12 )

52. Be a partaker of Christian sufferings ( 2Ti 1:8 ; cp. 1Pe 4:1 )

53. Be gentle to all people ( 2Ti 2:24 )

54. Be apt to teach ( 2Ti 2:24 )

55. Be instant in season, out of season ( 2Ti 4:2 )

56. Be careful to maintain good works ( Tit 3:8,14 ; cp. Mt 5:16 )

57. Be content with what you have ( Heb 13:5 )

58. Be doers of the Word ( Jas 1:22 )

59. Be afflicted and mourn ( Jas 4:9 )

60. Be patient till Christ comes ( Jas 5:7-8 )

61. Be holy in conversation (behavior) ( 1Pe 1:15-16 )

62. Be pitiful ( 1Pe 3:8 )

63. Be courteous ( 1Pe 3:8 )

64. Be examples of the flock of God, not lord over it ( 1Pe 5:3 )

65. Be subject one to another ( 1Pe 5:5 )

66. Be clothed with humility ( 1Pe 5:5 )

67. Be sober ( 1Pe 5:8 )

68. Be vigilant ( 1Pe 5:8 )

69. Be mindful of prophecies and commandments ( 2Pe 3:2 )

70. Be diligent to be found in peace ( 2Pe 3:14 )

71. Be diligent to be without spot, and blameless ( 2Pe 3:14 )

72. Be faithful to death ( Rev 2:10 )

73. Be watchful, strengthen self ( Rev 3:2 )

74. Be zealous and repent ( Rev 3:19 )

Thirty "Be Not's":

1. Be not like the hypocrites in prayer ( Mt 6:5 )

2. Be not like the heathen in prayer ( Mt 6:8 )

3. Be not as hypocrites in fasting ( Mt 6:16 )

4. Be not called "Rabbi" ( Mt 23:8 )

5. Be not called "Master" ( Mt 23:9 )

6. Be not afraid of man ( Lk 12:4 )

7. Be not of doubtful mind ( Lk 12:29 )

8. Be not many teachers ( Jas 3:1 )

9. Be not afraid of terror ( 1Pe 3:14 )

10. Be not troubled ( 1Pe 3:14 )

11. Be not ignorant of time with God ( 2Pe 3:8 ; cp. Isa 57:15 )

12. Be not deceived: 10 classes not to inherit the kingdom ( 1Co 6:9-10 )

13. Be not conformed to world ( Ro 12:2 )

14. Be not slothful in business ( Ro 12:11 )

15. Be not conceited ( Ro 12:16 )

16. Be not overcome of evil ( Ro 12:21 )

17. Be not mere servants of men ( 1Co 7:23 )

18. Be not children in understanding ( 1Co 14:20 )

19. Be not deceived by evil companions ( 1Co 15:33 )

20. Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers ( 2Co 6:14-15 )

21. Be not entangled again with keeping the law ( Ga 5:1 . See Eighty-five Old and New Covenant Contrasts )

22. Be not deceived: man will reap what he sows ( Ga 6:7-8 )

23. Be not partakers with sinners ( Ep 5:7 )

24. Be not unwise about God's will ( Ep 5:17 )

25. Be not drunk with wine ( Ep 5:18 )

26. Be not weary in well doing ( 2Th 3:13 )

27. Be not ashamed of God ( 2Ti 1:8 )

28. Be not slothful ( Heb 6:12 )

29. Be not forgetful of strangers ( Heb 13:2 )

30. Be not carried about with different strange doctrines ( Heb 13:9 )

Four things to believe:

1. The gospel ( Mk 1:15 )

2. God's existence ( Heb 11:6 )

3. On Jesus Christ ( 1Jn 3:23 )

4. God rewards diligent seeking ( Heb 11:6 ).