So let us not merely call Him Lord, for that will not save us.
For He says, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will be saved, but the one who practices righteousness.”
Therefore, brothers, let us confess Him by our deeds: by loving one another; by not committing adultery, slandering one another, or being jealous; but by being self-controlled, merciful, and good. We ought to suffer with one another and not love money. By these deeds we confess Him, not by their opposites.
And we must not fear people more than God.
For this reason the Lord said, “If you are gathered with Me in My bosom but do not keep My commandments, I will cast you out and say to you, ‘Depart from Me. I do not know where you come from, you workers of lawlessness.’”