Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Church » For other leaders » Order
Each person should live according to what the Lord has given him and in the state he was when God called him. And this is what I require in all the churches.
If anyone is [too] hungry [i.e., to wait], he should eat at home, so that your assembly does not result in judgment [falling on some of you. See verse 30]. And I will tend to the remaining matters when I come [to you].
Therefore, if the whole church assembles together and everyone speaks in languages [i.e., supernaturally], and outsiders [i.e., people who do not understand the language being spoken] or unbelievers come [into the assembly], will they not say that you people are crazy?
But everything [in the assembly] should be done properly and orderly.
The reason I left you in Crete [Note: This was an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the southern coast of Greece] was so you could set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city [i.e., where there was a church], as I directed you.
Church » Body of Christ » Government of
Each person should live according to what the Lord has given him and in the state he was when God called him. And this is what I require in all the churches.
If anyone is [too] hungry [i.e., to wait], he should eat at home, so that your assembly does not result in judgment [falling on some of you. See verse 30]. And I will tend to the remaining matters when I come [to you].
So, the apostles and elders [of the Jerusalem church] met together to discuss this problem.
For it was the judgment of the Holy Spirit, and we agreed, that no greater burden be placed on you people than the following necessary things:
For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how will he be able to take care of the church of God?
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as [you would to] your father. [Appeal to] the younger men as [you would to] your brothers;
Church » Garments of » Government of
Each person should live according to what the Lord has given him and in the state he was when God called him. And this is what I require in all the churches.
If anyone is [too] hungry [i.e., to wait], he should eat at home, so that your assembly does not result in judgment [falling on some of you. See verse 30]. And I will tend to the remaining matters when I come [to you].
So, the apostles and elders [of the Jerusalem church] met together to discuss this problem.
For it was the judgment of the Holy Spirit, and we agreed, that no greater burden be placed on you people than the following necessary things:
For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how will he be able to take care of the church of God?
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as [you would to] your father. [Appeal to] the younger men as [you would to] your brothers;
Condemnation » General references to
If anyone is [too] hungry [i.e., to wait], he should eat at home, so that your assembly does not result in judgment [falling on some of you. See verse 30]. And I will tend to the remaining matters when I come [to you].
Now this is [how God's] judgment [works]: The Light [See 1:5-9] has come into the world, but people loved darkness [i.e., sin] rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil.
So then, just as [God's] judgment came, condemning all people [to physical death] because of one sin [i.e., Adam's]; even so the free gift of being made right with God and [resulting in] life may be received by all people because of one man's [i.e., Christ's] act of righteousness. [Note: This "life" may refer to spiritual life now, or to being made alive in the resurrection, which would reverse the curse of physical death caused by Adam's sin].
[He must] not be a new convert or else he could become conceited [i.e., over being in a leadership position] and fall into the [same] condemnation incurred by the devil.
You can be sure that such a person is [spiritually] corrupt and sinful, and that he is condemned by his own actions.
But above everything else, my brothers, do not take oaths, not "by the heaven," nor "by the earth," nor by any other oath. But your "yes" should be [simply] "yes," and your "no," [simply] "no," so you do not fall under condemnation.
Discipline of the church » Consists in » Ordering its affairs
If anyone is [too] hungry [i.e., to wait], he should eat at home, so that your assembly does not result in judgment [falling on some of you. See verse 30]. And I will tend to the remaining matters when I come [to you].
The reason I left you in Crete [Note: This was an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the southern coast of Greece] was so you could set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city [i.e., where there was a church], as I directed you.
Government » Ecclesiastical » Government
If anyone is [too] hungry [i.e., to wait], he should eat at home, so that your assembly does not result in judgment [falling on some of you. See verse 30]. And I will tend to the remaining matters when I come [to you].
So, the apostles and elders [of the Jerusalem church] met together to discuss this problem.
For it was the judgment of the Holy Spirit, and we agreed, that no greater burden be placed on you people than the following necessary things:
For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how will he be able to take care of the church of God?
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as [you would to] your father. [Appeal to] the younger men as [you would to] your brothers;
But the person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit [with Him]. [Note: Just as the person who has sex with someone enters a close physical union with that person, so the person who becomes a Christian enters a close spiritual union with Christ].