Thematic Bible: Preeminence
Thematic Bible
Preeminence » Of Christ
But now he has attained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also mediator of a better covenant which has been enacted upon better promises.
saying, "What you see, write in a book and send [it] to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I [am], whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
The one who comes from above is over all. The one who is from the earth is from the earth and speaks from the earth; the one who comes from heaven is over all.
You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and you speak correctly, for I am.
Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt, that God has made him both Lord and Christ--this Jesus whom you crucified!"
For Christ died and became alive again for this [reason], in order that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything,
having become by so much better than the angels, by as much as he has inherited a more excellent name than theirs.
For this one is considered worthy of greater glory than Moses, inasmuch as the one who builds it has greater honor than the house.
Preeminence » Preeminent above » Of man
Consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow or reap or gather [produce] into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they [are]?
You make him over the works of your hands; all [things] you have placed under his feet:
And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven, and over every animal that moves upon the earth."
I have said, "You [are] gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you.
Then to what degree [is] a man worth more than a sheep? So then, it is permitted to do good on the Sabbath."
Preeminence » Preeminent above » The greatest gift of all
And now these three [things] remain: faith, hope, [and] love. But the greatest of these [is] love.
Preeminence » Preeminent above » The gift of prophecy, knowledge and faith
And if I have [the gift of] prophecy and I know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that [I can] remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
Preeminence » Preeminent above » Benevolence and martyrdom
And if I parcel out all my possessions, and if I hand over my body in order that I will be burned, but do not have love, it benefits [me] nothing.
Preeminence » Preeminent above » The gift of tongues
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a ringing brass gong or a clashing cymbal.
Preeminence » Of love » The greatest commandment
And you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart and from your whole soul and from your whole mind and from your whole strength.' The second [is] this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
Preeminence » Of love » The fulfilling of the law
Love does not commit evil against a neighbor. Therefore love [is the] fulfillment of the law.
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