114 Bible Verses about Spiritual
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And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.
But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.
If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?
For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.
But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.
And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:
Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.
From Thematic Bible
Adorning » Spiritual » General references
In the great house the king's daughter is all shining: her clothing is worked with gold.
For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.
Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels.
I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.
Adorning » Spiritual » White raiment, the heavenly garment
But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.
He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels.
If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.
And round about the high seat were four and twenty seats: and on them I saw four and twenty rulers seated, clothed in white robes; and on their heads crowns of gold.
After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,
Adorning » Spiritual » The robe of righteousness, the saint's adorning
I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.
I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.
Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.
And he made answer and said to those who were there before him, Take the unclean robes off him, and let him be clothed in clean robes;
Armour » Spiritual » Weapons and armour of the saints
Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.
But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.
The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Assurance » Spiritual
And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,
Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.
Beauty » Spiritual
One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come before him; give worship to the Lord in holy robes.
So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.
Boasting » Spiritual
Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?
Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores. Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself; (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.) read more.
So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, an olive-tree of the fields, were put in among them, and were given a part with them in the root by which the olive-tree is made fertile, Do not be uplifted in pride over the branches: because it is not you who are the support of the root, but it is by the root that you are supported. You will say, Branches were broken off so that I might be put in. read more.
Truly, because they had no faith they were broken off, and you have your place by reason of your faith. Do not be lifted up in pride, but have fear; For, if God did not have mercy on the natural branches, he will not have mercy on you.
For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value. For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God. As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge. read more.
Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him. Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge: But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles; But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God. Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men. For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble: But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong; And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are: So that no flesh might have glory before God. But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy: So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.
Body » Resurrection of » Spiritual
By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.
It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit.
And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.
For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:
At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.
Brethren » Spiritual » The family of God
Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.
Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.
But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
Christ » Words of characteristics of » Spiritual
The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.
Circumcision » Spiritual
In whom you had a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.
And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.
Undergo a circumcision of the heart, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem: or my wrath may come out like fire, burning so that no one is able to put it out, because of the evil of your doings.
But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
Clothing » Spiritual » White raiment, the heavenly garment
But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.
He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels.
If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.
And round about the high seat were four and twenty seats: and on them I saw four and twenty rulers seated, clothed in white robes; and on their heads crowns of gold.
After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,
Clothing » Spiritual » The robe of righteousness, the saint's adorning
I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.
I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.
Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.
And he made answer and said to those who were there before him, Take the unclean robes off him, and let him be clothed in clean robes;
Consequences of sin » death » Physical » Spiritual » Separation from God
But your sins have come between you and your God, and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.
Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way.
Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods. For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.
I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:
And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.
Darkness » Spiritual
The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
Deafness » Spiritual
And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.
Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.
Son of man, you are living among an uncontrolled people, who have eyes to see but see not, and ears for hearing but they do not give ear; for they are an uncontrolled people.
But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;
Dearth » Spiritual
The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.
Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.
O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.
death » Spiritual
For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:
Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;
He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
Death from evil diseases will overtake them; there will be no weeping for them and their bodies will not be put to rest; they will be like waste on the face of the earth: the sword and need of food will put an end to them; their dead bodies will be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.
Have I any pleasure in the death of the evil-doer? says the Lord: am I not pleased if he is turned from his way so that he may have life?
But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.
He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.
Debtors » Spiritual
I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.
For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.
In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?
Diligence » Spiritual
You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.
Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.
If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.
Enlightenment » Spiritual
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.
Feasts » Of new moons » Spiritual
And he said to me, Put in the book, Happy are the guests at the bride-feast of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God.
And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.
Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.
And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.
And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.
Fulness » Spiritual » Warnings against worldly fulness
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.
They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.
But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of blessing
Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of joy
I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.
And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of the spirit
And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of wisdom
For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of God
And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.
Fulness » Spiritual » The overflowing cup
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Christ, the saviour
In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.
I the Lord have made you the vessel of my purpose, I have taken you by the hand, and kept you safe, and I have given you to be an agreement to the people, and a light to the nations:
For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Faith
Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:
Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Wisdom
But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Repentance
And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Grace
But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Christ the chief of
In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.
I the Lord have made you the vessel of my purpose, I have taken you by the hand, and kept you safe, and I have given you to be an agreement to the people, and a light to the nations:
For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Rest
And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Faith
Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:
Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Are through Christ
You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.
But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ. For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Pray for
If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?
Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Wisdom
But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Glory
The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one;
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Grace
The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » The holy ghost
If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?
But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Righteousness
And the free giving has not the same effect as the sin of one: for the effect of one man's sin was punishment by the decision of God, but the free giving had power to give righteousness to wrongdoers in great number. For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » A new heart
And I will give them a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in them; and I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh:
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » To be used for mutual profit
Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Not repented of by him
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Strength and power
O God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Eternal life
For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Peace
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Repentance
And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
Glory » Spiritual » Is the work of the holy ghost
But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Glory » Spiritual » Is given by God
The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
Glory » Spiritual » Is given by Christ
And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one;
Glory » Spiritual » Is the work of the holy spirit
But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Good » Tidings » Spiritual
The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!
And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.
You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!
See on the mountains the feet of him who comes with good news, giving word of peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, give effect to your oaths: for the good-for-nothing man will never again go through you; he is completely cut off.
Healing » Spiritual
Make me well, O Lord, and I will be well; be my saviour, and I will be safe: for you are my hope.
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,
Come back, you children who have been turned away, and I will take away your desire for wandering. See, we have come to you, for you are the Lord our God.
Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.
Heirs » Spiritual » Spiritual
For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be salvation?
Heritage » Spiritual
In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.
Hope » Spiritual » Abides forever
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Hope » Spiritual » Enabled abraham to become the father of the faithful
And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.
Hope » Spiritual » Believers called to testify concerning
But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;
Hope » Spiritual » The scriptures the source of
Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
Hope » Spiritual » The saving element in life
For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?
Hope » Spiritual » Inspires to clean living
Hunger » Spiritual
Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.
Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price. Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.
Ignorance » Spiritual » General references to
Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.
Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;
Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:
For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.
But they have no knowledge of the thoughts of the Lord, their minds are not able to see his purpose: for he has got them together like stems of grain to the crushing-floor.
Imitation » Of worldly people and customs condemned » Spiritual
Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.
Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.
The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.
Inheritance » Earthly » Spiritual
In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.
The law of God » Described as » Spiritual
For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.
Life » Spiritual
The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.
Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink.
But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.
Life » Spiritual » Spotless, general references to
And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.
For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.
The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.
Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:
Life » Spiritual » Necessitates death to sin and self
I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.
For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.
Life » Spiritual » Secured through faith
Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.
But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Life » Spiritual » Christ the supreme object of
For this was the reason why the good news of Jesus was given even to the dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but might be living before God in the spirit.
For to me life is Christ and death is profit.
Life » Spiritual » Sustained by the word of God
Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
Life » Spiritual » Love the demonstration of
We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
Men » Spiritual » Evil men put to silence
The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.
So that, at the memory of these things, you may be at a loss, never opening your mouth because of your shame; when you have my forgiveness for all you have done, says the Lord.
Mind » Spiritual
Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,
For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
Nation » Spiritual » Sins of
Then the people came to Moses and said, We have done wrong in crying out against the Lord and against you: make prayer to the Lord to take away the snakes from us. So Moses made prayer for the people.
Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.
I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.
Then the children of Israel, crying out to the Lord, said, Great is our sin against you, for we have given up our God and have been servants to the Baals.
So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.
Nation » Spiritual » The righteous cultivate the spirit of
If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.
Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.
Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
Nation » Spiritual » Rebellion against
And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.
In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.
And that if anyone did not come before three days were past, as ordered by the rulers and the responsible men, all his goods would be put under the curse, and he himself would be cut off from the meeting of the people who had come back.
And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel.
For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.
Preparation » Spiritual » Abandonment of idols
Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.
But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God.
Preparation » Spiritual » Cleansing of God's temple
And they got their brothers together and made themselves holy, and went in, as the king had said by the word of the Lord, to make the house of the Lord clean.
Preparation » Spiritual » Personal purification
If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.
Preparation » Spiritual » Returning unto the lord
And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
Reputation » Spiritual
For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.
First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.
By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead. By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God: And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him. read more.
By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith. By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going. By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage: For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God. And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word; So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered. All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth. For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves. And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back. But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them. By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body, Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name: Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death. By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come. By faith Jacob gave a blessing to the two sons of Joseph, when he was near to death; and gave God worship, supported by his stick. By faith Joseph, when his end was near, said that the children of Israel would go out of Egypt; and gave orders about his bones. By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders. By faith Moses, when he became a man, had no desire to be named the son of Pharaoh's daughter; Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin; Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward. By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen. By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death. By faith they went through the Red Sea as if it had been dry land, though the Egyptians were overcome by the water when they made an attempt to do the same. By faith the walls of Jericho came down, after they had been circled for seven days. By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land. What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets: Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut, Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations. Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come; And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons: They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked, Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough. And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,
Rest » Spiritual
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so. And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers. For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world. read more.
For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day; And in the same place he says again, They will not come into my rest. So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders, After a long time, again naming a certain day, he says in David, Today (as he had said before), Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day. So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God. For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his. Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.
Rivers » Jordan » Spiritual
The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures.
There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,
If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Again, after his measuring a thousand, it became a river which it was not possible to go through: for the waters had become deep enough for swimming, a river it was not possible to go through.
Sleep » Spiritual » Symbol of death
Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;
Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.
And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.
So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.
And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.
Sleep » Spiritual » General references to natural
And stretching himself on the earth, he went to sleep under the broom-plant; but an angel, touching him, said to him, Get up and have some food.
And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour?
Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.
Sleep » Spiritual » Warnings against
As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.
For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning; For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Radiant lives, of the saints
And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.
So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.
But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
Spiritual » Blindness » Examples of
We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men.
But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy
But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ.
Spiritual » Adoption » Adultery
But still they would not give ear to their judges, but went after other gods and gave them worship; quickly turning from the way in which their fathers had gone, keeping the orders of the Lord; but they did not do so.
And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.
And they did evil against the God of their fathers, worshipping the gods of the people of the land, whom God had put to destruction before them.
So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.
And those of you who are kept safe will have me in mind among the nations where they have been taken away as prisoners, how I sent punishment on their hearts which were untrue to me, and on their eyes which were turned to their false gods: and they will be full of hate for themselves because of the evil things which they have done in all their disgusting ways.
Spiritual » Hunger select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.
Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.
Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Destitution of the truth
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;
That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.
See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Of God
See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),
But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.
From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.
The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;
Spiritual » Instruction » Examples of spiritual
And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah and Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites made the law clear to the people: and the people kept in their places.
And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.
In the third year of his rule he sent Benhail and Obadiah and Zechariah and Nethanel and Micaiah, his captains, as teachers into the towns of Judah;
So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.
Spiritual » Quickening » General references to spiritual quickening
O Lord, word of you has come to my ears; I have seen your work, O Lord; when the years come near make it clear; in wrath keep mercy in mind.
So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.
My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.
Spiritual » Poverty » Destitution of the truth
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;
That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.
See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Food
I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food.
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the fruit of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.
I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Enlightenment, spiritual
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.
Spiritual » Enlargement » Enlightenment
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Brethren
Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.
Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.
But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
Spiritual » Hearing » Heritage
In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » To God encouraged
O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.
And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have love for the Lord your God and to go in all his ways; and to keep his laws and to be true to him and to be his servants with all your heart and with all your soul.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Exhortations to those engaged in
But be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.
Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.
But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says the Lord, and get to work: for I am with you, says the Lord of armies:
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your hands be strong, you who are now hearing these words from the mouths of the prophets, that is to say, in the days when the base of the house of the Lord of armies has been put in place for the building of the house, that is the Temple.
Spiritual » Foundation » General references to
Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.
For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » Hearing » Heirs of God
For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be salvation?
Spiritual » Of God's word sins of » Imitation
Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.
Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.
The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Healing of spiritual disease
Make me well, O Lord, and I will be well; be my saviour, and I will be safe: for you are my hope.
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,
Come back, you children who have been turned away, and I will take away your desire for wandering. See, we have come to you, for you are the Lord our God.
Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;
See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
Spiritual » Light » God a light
The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar.
The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.
And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.
The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
Spiritual » Light » Reflected from believers
So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Coming with power
And there came to my ears the voice of a great army, like the sound of waters, and the sound of loud thunders, saying, Praise to the Lord: for the Lord our God, Ruler of all, is King.
And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.
And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever.
And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Kingdom of Christ
These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.
Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who will not have a taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in your kingdom.
Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here.
Spiritual » Resurrection » Man, raised from spiritual death
And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;
So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus;
But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.
For, if by their putting away, the rest of men have been made friends with God, what will their coming back again be, but life from the dead?
Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.
And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.
If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.
Spiritual » Renewal » Man, strengthened and renewed by the holy spirit
For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.
Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,
And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;
Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.
And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
Spiritual » Crowns » Darkness
The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
Spiritual » Adoption » Adorning
In the great house the king's daughter is all shining: her clothing is worked with gold.
For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.
Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels.
I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Treasures
If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.
Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.
Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
Making ready for themselves a safe place for the time to come, so that the true life may be theirs.
The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.
Spiritual » Of children encouraged » Investments
If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.
Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.
Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
Making ready for themselves a safe place for the time to come, so that the true life may be theirs.
The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.
Spiritual » Ignorance » General references to
Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.
Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;
Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:
For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.
But they have no knowledge of the thoughts of the Lord, their minds are not able to see his purpose: for he has got them together like stems of grain to the crushing-floor.
Spiritual » Cleansing » Composure
Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me.
And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,
But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;
And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.
Spiritual » Temple » General references to
And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?
Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;
You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone, In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord; In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.
Spiritual » Sowing » Surgery
For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;
Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin.
In whom you had a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.
Spiritual » Hearing » Spiritual of believers
O Lord, word of you has come to my ears; I have seen your work, O Lord; when the years come near make it clear; in wrath keep mercy in mind.
You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;
Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.
And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.
Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Kingdom of heaven
For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.
The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,
The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.
And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:
Spiritual » Crowns » Deafness
And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.
Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.
Son of man, you are living among an uncontrolled people, who have eyes to see but see not, and ears for hearing but they do not give ear; for they are an uncontrolled people.
But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Preaching of
And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:
But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism.
But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns, because that is why I was sent.
Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,
And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,
Spiritual » Sowing » Striving
Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.
I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.
Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.
And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Walking with God
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.
For all the peoples will be walking, every one in the name of his god, and we will be walking in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.
And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.
But you have some names in Sardis who have kept clean their robes; and as a reward they will go in white with me.
Spiritual » Battles » Beauty
And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.
Who is she, looking down as the morning light, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, who is to be feared like an army with flags?
You were so beautiful that the story of you went out into all nations; you were completely beautiful because of my glory which I had put on you, says the Lord.
And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.
Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing; But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.
Spiritual » Crowns » Debtors
I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.
For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.
In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » New Birth
And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.
And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness.
Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.
Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Weapons
Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.
(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);
And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Moses' fellowship with God
And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.
And there, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of Israel.
And whenever Moses went into the Tent, the pillar of cloud came down, and took its place by the door of the Tent, as long as the Lord was talking with Moses.
And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.
And Moses went up to God, and the voice of the Lord came to him from the mountain, saying, Say to the family of Jacob, and give word to the children of Israel:
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Body
By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.
It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit.
And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.
For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:
At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Bondage
But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.
The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.
Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.
Spiritual » Sleep » Warnings against
As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.
For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning; For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Dawn, spiritual, the coming of Christ ushers in the
The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;
Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Harvest
And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.
And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.
Spiritual » Crowns » Dawn
The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;
Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Shining faces, general references to
And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.
For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:
But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear.
Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Dullness, condemned
And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face before a bit of wood?
Son of man, you are living among an uncontrolled people, who have eyes to see but see not, and ears for hearing but they do not give ear; for they are an uncontrolled people.
O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Drought
The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.
Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.
O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Examples of love to God
Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.
For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.
The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.
Spiritual » Kingdom » General references to
Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here.
Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Spiritual » Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.
But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
Spiritual » Power » Fills life with healing influences
Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.
For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.
That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;
And God did special works of power by the hands of Paul: So that bits of linen and clothing from his body were taken to people who were ill, and their diseases went away from them and the evil spirits went out.
And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Sanity
Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;
And they came to Jesus, and saw the man in whom had been the evil spirits seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, and they were full of fear.
For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.
But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!
Spiritual » Feasts » Prepared in abundance for believers (select reading pr 91-6)
And he said to me, Put in the book, Happy are the guests at the bride-feast of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God.
And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.
Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.
And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.
And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.
Spiritual » Sowing » The blessings of
Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.
Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.
The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
Spiritual » Future rest of the saints restoration » Spiritual, of the penitent
Come back, you children who have been turned away, and I will take away your desire for wandering. See, we have come to you, for you are the Lord our God.
I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.
He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
I have seen his ways, and I will make him well: I will give him rest, comforting him and his people who are sad.
For I will make you healthy again and I will make you well from your wounds, says the Lord; because they have given you the name of an outlaw, saying, It is Zion cared for by no man.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Circumcision
In whom you had a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.
And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.
Undergo a circumcision of the heart, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem: or my wrath may come out like fire, burning so that no one is able to put it out, because of the evil of your doings.
But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Utterance
And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;
And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way.
And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,
So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;
Spiritual » Traffic » Exhortations to men to engage in
If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.
Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.
The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.
Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Examples of
As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.
I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are (but you have true wealth), and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan.
For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.
So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;
Spiritual » Enlargement » failure
So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,
If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Discernment
For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:
Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.
But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
Spiritual » Hearing » Highway
Go through, go through the doors; make ready the way of the people; let the highway be lifted up; let the stones be taken away; let a flag be lifted up over the peoples.
And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.
See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country.
The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.
Put up guiding pillars, make road signs for yourself: give attention to the highway, even the way in which you went: be turned again, O virgin of Israel, be turned to these your towns.
Spiritual » Adoption » Attraction
Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.
From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.
I made them come after me with the cords of a man, with the bands of love; I was to them as one who took the yoke from off their mouths, putting meat before them.
No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Pride
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.
I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:
Spiritual » Adoption » Armour
Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.
But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.
The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Showers
Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.
And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
My teaching is dropping like rain, coming down like dew on the fields; like rain on the young grass and showers on the garden plants:
And I will give the rain at the right time, and I will make the shower come down at the right time; there will be showers of blessing.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Rivers
The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures.
There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,
If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Again, after his measuring a thousand, it became a river which it was not possible to go through: for the waters had become deep enough for swimming, a river it was not possible to go through.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.
In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.
The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.
O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.
Spiritual » Renewal » Reputation
For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.
First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.
By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead. By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God: And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him. read more.
By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith. By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going. By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage: For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God. And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word; So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered. All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth. For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves. And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back. But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them. By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body, Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name: Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death. By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come. By faith Jacob gave a blessing to the two sons of Joseph, when he was near to death; and gave God worship, supported by his stick. By faith Joseph, when his end was near, said that the children of Israel would go out of Egypt; and gave orders about his bones. By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders. By faith Moses, when he became a man, had no desire to be named the son of Pharaoh's daughter; Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin; Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward. By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen. By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death. By faith they went through the Red Sea as if it had been dry land, though the Egyptians were overcome by the water when they made an attempt to do the same. By faith the walls of Jericho came down, after they had been circled for seven days. By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land. What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets: Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut, Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations. Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come; And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons: They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked, Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough. And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,
Spiritual » Light » General references to
And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Disease
Is there no life-giving oil in Gilead? is there no expert in medical arts? why then have my people not been made well?
Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.
For her wounds may not be made well: for it has come even to Judah, stretching up to the doorway of my people, even to Jerusalem.
And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Times of spiritual refreshing
And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.
My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.
And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy.
And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ. And all the people gave attention to the words which Philip said, when they saw the signs which he did.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » Thirst
O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.
See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Heirship with Christ entailed in
And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.
Give my love to Rufus, one of the Lord's selection, and to his mother and mine.
For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Heirship with Christ entailed in
And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.
Give my love to Rufus, one of the Lord's selection, and to his mother and mine.
For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.
Spiritual » Receptivity » General references to
Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.
And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.
And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.
Spiritual » Hope » Abides forever
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Watchmen
Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,
Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.
Spiritual » Life » Necessitates death to sin and self
I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.
For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Near at hand
From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.
In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.
Spiritual » Mind » Mind of Christ
Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,
For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.
So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin;
Spiritual » Mind » Spiritual mind
Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,
For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
Spiritual » Life » Secured through faith
Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.
But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Demands entire consecration
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;
And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Demands entire consecration
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;
And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Fidelity
For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles; And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given one to me,
For even now you are full, even now you have wealth, you have been made kings without us: truly, I would be glad if you were kings, so that we might be kings with you.
Spiritual » Enlargement » Exercise
Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more.
For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.
But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:
Spiritual » Encouraged » In love
And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;
And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more;
Spiritual » Immaturity » Inability to receive strong doctrine
My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.
And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ. I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Abiding in Christ
I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.
Spiritual » Talk » Used in everyday life
Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.
Teaching them to your children, and talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up:
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Spiritual cleansing
And he will be ruling them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of the potter they will be broken, even as I have power from my Father:
And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood; And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.
Spiritual » Liberty » The presence of the spirit secures
Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there the heart is free.
And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Victory over satan
And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.
And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » A spiritual crown
Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Without defect
Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Abandonment of idols
Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.
But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Endurance
Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Growth
Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing. And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food. For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child. read more.
But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God, The teaching of baptisms, and of the putting on of hands, and of the future life of the dead, and of the judging on the last day. Now we will do this, if God lets us. read more.
As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit, With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time, And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him. For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God: But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned. But, my loved ones, though we say this, we are certain that you have better things in you, things which go with salvation; For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints. And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end: So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting. For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself, Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great. And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect. For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Into Christ
But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;
Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Spiritual » Labourers » Great opportunity afforded to
For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting. He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By striving after the Christ ideal
But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;
Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:
Spiritual » Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage
But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all; But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.
Spiritual » Labourers » Prayer for the increase of
And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.
Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in. Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.
Spiritual » Knowledge » A cause for exultation
But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.
And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.
Spiritual » Life » Christ the supreme object of
For this was the reason why the good news of Jesus was given even to the dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but might be living before God in the spirit.
For to me life is Christ and death is profit.
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of glory
Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.
Spiritual » Life » Sustained by the word of God
Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Sympathetic service
Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was: For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;
And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.
Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
Spiritual » Rest » Lost by stubbornness
To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.
For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, said, In quiet and rest is your salvation: peace and hope are your strength: but you would not have it so.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Humility
Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Dedication of God's house
And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.
And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Continuance in the primary department
And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of blessing
Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over severest afflictions
Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.
For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Peter, the profane fisherman becomes a man whose very shadow heals
Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.
And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » John the vindictive jew becomes the apostle of love
My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.
But they would not have him there, because he was clearly going to Jerusalem. And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, may we send fire from heaven and put an end to them?
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.
For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of joy
I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.
And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.
Spiritual » Rest » True response found in God
And it will be, in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard yoke which they had put on you,
Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.
Spiritual » Rest » The divine presence gives
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over evil influences of men
Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.
And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » The woman of samaria of unsavoury reputation becomes an evangel of truth
In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband: You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.
Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?
Spiritual » Hope » Enabled abraham to become the father of the faithful
And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » The cold-hearted philippian jailer becomes a sympathetic friend
And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.
And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Eternal life
Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The death of Christ
In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me. For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the followers of Christ
Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the obedient
Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.
Spiritual » Liberty » The mission of Christ to proclaim
The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,
Spiritual » Liberty » The truth the instrumentality
Spiritual » Vision » Afflictions prepare for
And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
Spiritual » Power » Source of spiritual power
But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.
Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people? This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Watching
For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark. So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Saul the bloodthirsty persecutor becomes paul, the tender-hearted brother
Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Worshipping
And when the players on horns, and those who made melody in song, with one voice were sounding the praise and glory of the Lord; with loud voices and with wind instruments, and brass and corded instruments of music, praising the Lord and saying, He is good; his mercy is unchanging for ever: then the house was full of the cloud of the glory of the Lord, So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud; for the house of God was full of the glory of the Lord.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The boy Christ
And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » The restless demoniac becomes a quiet disciple
And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.
And they came to Jesus, and saw the man in whom had been the evil spirits seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, and they were full of fear.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By cultivating the understanding
My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By putting away childish things
When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The thessalonians
It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;
Spiritual » Power » Enables men to speak with authority
And with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Cleansing of God's temple
And they got their brothers together and made themselves holy, and went in, as the king had said by the word of the Lord, to make the house of the Lord clean.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Spiritual weapons
(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Spiritual weapons
(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);
Spiritual » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;
Spiritual » Power » Accompanies the baptism of the holy spirit
But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Believers called to
God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant grace
And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work:
Spiritual » Perception » The wise man
The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.
Spiritual » Labourers » Worthy of reward
Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching. For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Many varieties of
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith, Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The bankrupt servant
For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants. And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents. And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The bankrupt servant
For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants. And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents. And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Witnessing
So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant supplies
And my God will give you all you have need of from the wealth of his glory in Christ Jesus.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Past mercies
Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.
Spiritual » Rest » Eternal
And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over all satanic powers
And I saw a sea which seemed like glass mixed with fire; and those who had overcome the beast and his image and the number of his name, were in their places by the sea of glass, with God's instruments of music in their hands.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Spiritual receptivity the condition of
See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.
Spiritual » Crowns » Cast at jesus' feet
The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying,
Spiritual » Crowns » To be guarded
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The laodicean church
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The laodicean church
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » All barriers broken down
So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The gentiles
That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » All barriers broken down
So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The gentiles
That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Endurance
If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Personal purification
If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Discovered by spiritual vision
And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
Spiritual » Riches general references to » God's blessing the source of
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Young soldiers enlisted
This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » A fight of faith
Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Invisible foes
For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Young soldiers enlisted
This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » A fight of faith
Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Invisible foes
For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant power
Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us,
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The delights of God's word
But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the inseparable love of God
For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers, Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the divine keeping power
And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Instability of faith
So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of the spirit
And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of wisdom
For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of God
And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Produced in all periods of life
Spiritual » Talk » Spiritual thoughts expressed in music
Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Found in spiritual assemblies
For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of righteousness
From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Perennial
And by the edge of the river, on this side and on that, will come up every tree used for food, whose leaves will ever be green and its fruit will not come to an end: it will have new fruit every month, because its waters come out from the holy place: the fruit will be for food and the leaf will make well those who are ill.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely: And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Walking
For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
Spiritual » Riches general references to » More precious than earthly
Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Unsearchable
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
Spiritual » Riches general references to » A paradox
A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Enduring
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Spiritual receptivity
And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » An everlasting name
For the Lord says, As for the unsexed who keep my Sabbaths, and give their hearts to pleasing me, and keep their agreement with me: I will give to them in my house, and inside my walls, a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Spiritual knowledge
And I will give them a heart to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord: and they will be my people, and I will be their God: for they will come back to me with all their heart.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Spiritual rest
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » A new heart
And I will give them a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in them; and I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh:
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The boy samuel
Spiritual » Light promised » To the just
But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the certainty of the divine promises
All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Formation
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
Spiritual » Perception » Nehemiah
Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.
Spiritual » Perception » David
And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.
Spiritual » Vision » The holy spirit the author of
He will give me glory, because he will take of what is mine, and make it clear to you. Everything which the Father has is mine: that is why I say, He will take of what is mine and will make it clear to you.
Spiritual » Vision » Uses the telescope of faith
By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.
Spiritual » Power » Mightier than physical forces
This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies.
Spiritual » Talk » Christ the topic of
And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. And they were talking together about all those things which had taken place.
Spiritual » Rest » Found in Christ's service
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » Inward righteousness
For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » A childlike spirit
And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Brotherhood of, recognized by Christ
For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » Inhabitants of jerusalem
Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Brotherhood of, recognized by Christ
For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » Inhabitants of jerusalem
Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Warring
The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant entrance
For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The blessings of a spiritual life
I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By partaking of the deeper truths of the gospel
But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Brings joy in the night season
Spiritual » Light promised » To the church of the future
Your sun will never again go down, or your moon keep back her light: for the Lord will be your eternal light, and the days of your sorrow will be ended.
Spiritual » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Obedience, the condition of receiving
Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me. If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Liberates the soul from all error
Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples; And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.
Spiritual » Vision » Given in answer to prayer
Then Elisha made a prayer to the Lord, saying, Lord, let his eyes be open so that he may see. And the Lord made the young man's eyes open; and he saw that all the mountain was full of horses and carriages of fire round Elisha.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Grown only upon good ground
And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
Spiritual » Talk » Concerns the things of God
Spiritual » Talk » The habit of the saints
Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.
Spiritual » Hope » Believers called to testify concerning
But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort; Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » An inward battle
But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » An inward battle
But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The return from captivity
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Love of Christ
To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » All the teachings of the gospel
So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The wonderful works of God
I will keep in mind the works of Jah: I will keep the memory of your wonders in the past.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By overcoming temptation
I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the benevolent
Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the upright
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the divine ability
Spiritual » Perception » The shunammite woman
And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Through "the word"
Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
Spiritual » Encouraged » Unto perfection
For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God,
Spiritual » Liberty » Spiritual, a mark of the new dispensation
To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.
Spiritual » Liberty » The bondage of sin broken
That all living things will be made free from the power of death and will have a part with the free children of God in glory.
Spiritual » Vision » Heart purity essential to
Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.
Spiritual » Hope » The scriptures the source of
Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
Spiritual » Hope » The saving element in life
For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?
Spiritual » Life » Love the demonstration of
We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
Spiritual » Rest » Appropriated by faith
For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over malign spiritual forces
See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over worldly allurements
Anything which comes from God is able to overcome the world: and the power by which we have overcome the world is our faith.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Mary magdalene
But Mary was still there outside the hole in the rock, weeping; and while she was weeping and looking into the hole,
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » In the communion of saints
And while they were talking and questioning together, Jesus himself came near and went with them.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Testimony an aid to
We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Warms the heart
And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of life
There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The prodigal son
And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The prodigal son
And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Death of the old life
Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Thomas
Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Peter
Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Paul
Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » The holy spirit
If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant life
The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant joys
The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The words of Christ concerning benevolence
In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Is quickened by the holy spirit
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.
Spiritual » Receptivity » Martha received him into her house
And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.
Spiritual » Perception » Peter
Spiritual » Liberty » A new law of life sets free
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Spiritual » Fulness » The overflowing cup
Spiritual » Vision » Believers alone possess
A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » The product of heavenly wisdom
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.
Spiritual » Talk » Tends to religious fervency
And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?
Spiritual » Rest » Vainly sought in escape from trouble
And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.
Spiritual » Hope » Inspires to clean living
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Leaves its impress upon the life
Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » John the baptist
And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Returning unto the lord
And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » The inheritance of God's elect
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Contact with living water
He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Chastening, or pruning
He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » The sinful women
And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Mary of bethany
Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Faith and love
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Perseverance
But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The lord as a deliverer
When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Paul
But Saul went on increasing in power, and the Jews in Damascus were not able to give answers to the arguments by which he made it clear that Jesus was the Christ.
Spiritual » Perception » The samaritan woman
Spiritual » Perception » Jesus
But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
Spiritual » Knowledge » Obtained by acquaintanceship with God
And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Leads to eternal life
And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » Power » Gives men courage to rebuke sin
But I truly am full of the spirit of the Lord, with power of judging and with strength to make clear to Jacob his wrongdoing and to Israel his sin.
Spiritual » Power » Jesus the supreme example of
And Jesus came back to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news of him went through all the country round about.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Working
While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » New Birth
Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
good Tidings » Spiritual
The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!
And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.
You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!
See on the mountains the feet of him who comes with good news, giving word of peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, give effect to your oaths: for the good-for-nothing man will never again go through you; he is completely cut off.
Watchmen » Spiritual
Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,
Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.
Way provided » Spiritual
Go through, go through the doors; make ready the way of the people; let the highway be lifted up; let the stones be taken away; let a flag be lifted up over the peoples.
And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.
See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country.
The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.
Put up guiding pillars, make road signs for yourself: give attention to the highway, even the way in which you went: be turned again, O virgin of Israel, be turned to these your towns.
Weapons » Spiritual » Sword of the spirit
And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos say: These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword:
And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.
Weapons » Spiritual » General references to weapons
Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.
(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);
And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
Weapons » Spiritual » Trust in weapons vain
Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.
But I will have mercy on Judah and will give them salvation by the Lord their God, but not by the bow or the sword or by fighting or by horses or horsemen.
Overturning the power of kingdoms; and I will send destruction on the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; by me war-carriages will be overturned with those who are in them; and the horses and the horsemen will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.
Words » Christ's, characteristics of » Spiritual
The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Spiritual
The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.
Topics on Spiritual
Abundance, Spiritual
Exodus 34:6And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith;
Abuse, Of Spiritual Things
Numbers 20:10Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?
Adultery, Spiritual
1 John 2:15-17Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Appetite, Spiritual
Isaiah 55:1Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.
Armor, Spiritual
Ephesians 6:11Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.
Babies Used As A Spiritual Image
1 Corinthians 3:1-2And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.
Beauty, Spiritual
Isaiah 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!
Betrothal, Spiritual
2 Corinthians 11:2For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.
Birth, Spiritual
John 3:3Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
Blessings, Spiritual
John 3:16For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
Bondage, Spiritual
2 Timothy 2:26And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.
Circumcision, spiritual
Deuteronomy 30:6And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.
Crowns, Spiritual Use
Isaiah 62:3And you will be a fair crown in the hand of the Lord, and a king's head-dress in the hand of your God.
David, Spiritual Significance Of
Acts 2:29My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.
Dividing Spiritual Blessings
Acts 1:17For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.
drought, spiritual
Psalm 68:6Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.
equipping, spiritual
Isaiah 61:1-2The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
Escaping, Spiritual Things
Genesis 39:10-12And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.
Fruit, Spiritual
James 3:13Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
Fruitfulness, Spiritual
Galatians 5:22-23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
Games, Spiritual
1 Corinthians 9:26So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:
Gifts From God, Spiritual
John 6:32Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
Inheritance, Spiritual
Hebrews 1:2But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;
Labor, Spiritual Aspects Of
John 4:38I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.
Land, Spiritual Aspects Of
Genesis 2:8-9And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.
Leaders, Spiritual
Hebrews 5:4And no man who is not given authority by God, as Aaron was, takes this honour for himself.
Light, Spiritual
1 John 1:5This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.
Many Spiritual Beings
Revelation 5:11And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
Maturity, Spiritual
Ephesians 4:13-15Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:
Not Seeing Spiritual Things
Daniel 10:7And I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see it; but a great shaking came on them and they went in flight to take cover.
Origins Of Spiritual Life
John 3:6-8That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.
Poverty, Spiritual
Matthew 13:58And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.
Predestination, Spiritual Events
Exodus 33:19And he said, I will make all the light of my being come before you, and will make clear to you what I am; I will be kind to those to whom I will be kind, and have mercy on those on whom I will have mercy.
Purity, Moral And Spiritual
Habakkuk 1:13Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?
Rejection Of Spiritual Instruction
2 Chronicles 30:10So the runners went from town to town through all the country of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun: but they were laughed at and made sport of.
Rest, Spiritual
Lamentations 5:19-22You, O Lord, are seated as King for ever; the seat of your power is eternal.
Resurrection, Spiritual
Ephesians 2:1And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,
Riches, Spiritual
Romans 11:33-36O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
Slavery, Spiritual
John 8:33-36They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?
Sleep, Spiritual
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
Spiritual Adoption
Exodus 4:22-23And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:
Spiritual Allegories
John 10:1-16Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.
Spiritual Blindness, Consequences Of
Romans 1:20-22For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:
Spiritual Blindness, In Unbelievers
Proverbs 4:19The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
Spiritual Blindness, Removal Of
2 Corinthians 4:6Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Blindness, Results Of Sin
Lamentations 4:14They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.
Spiritual crowns
Isaiah 61:3To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
Spiritual Darkness
John 11:10But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.
Spiritual Dawn
2 Peter 1:19And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;
Spiritual Deafness
2 Timothy 4:4And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.
Spiritual Death
Romans 6:23For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Spiritual Depths
1 Corinthians 2:10But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.
Spiritual Desires
Isaiah 26:9In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.
Spiritual Destitution
Matthew 5:3Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
Spiritual Discernment
2 Kings 4:9And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.
Spiritual Failure
Matthew 7:27And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
Spiritual Famine,
Amos 8:11-12See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.
Spiritual Famine, Relief Of
Psalm 107:9He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.
Spiritual Fathers
1 Corinthians 4:15For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.
Spiritual Foundations
1 Corinthians 3:11For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Fulness
Malachi 3:10Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.
Spiritual Gifts
1 Corinthians 12:1But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.
Spiritual Gifts, Diversity Of
1 Corinthians 12:4-6Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.
Spiritual Gifts, Given To Church
Ephesians 4:11And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;
Spiritual Gifts, Importance Of Love
1 Corinthians 13:1If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.
Spiritual Gifts, Purpose Of
1 Corinthians 14:12So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.
Spiritual Gifts, Warnings About
1 Corinthians 14:39So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.
Spiritual Growth
2 Corinthians 9:10And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;
Spiritual Harlotry
Hosea 5:4Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
Spiritual Ignorance
1 Corinthians 12:1But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.
Spiritual Illumination
Daniel 5:14And I have had news of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and reason and special wisdom have been seen in you.
Spiritual Immaturity
1 Corinthians 3:1And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.
Spiritual Investment
Matthew 6:20But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
Spiritual life
John 6:63The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.
Spiritual Life, Described By
Romans 6:11Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.
Spiritual Life, Maintained By
John 6:57As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.
Spiritual Life, Nature Of
Psalm 36:9For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.
Spiritual Malnutrition
1 Corinthians 3:1-3And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.
Spiritual Maturity
1 Corinthians 14:20My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.
Spiritual Mothers
1 Peter 3:6As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.
Spiritual Night
1 Thessalonians 5:5For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.
Spiritual Offspring
Galatians 3:29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
Spiritual Perception
Mark 2:8And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?
Spiritual Progress
Job 17:9Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
Spiritual Striving
Philippians 1:27Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
Spiritual Treasures
2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;
Spiritual Understanding
Hebrews 13:12-13For this reason Jesus was put to death outside the walls, so that he might make the people holy by his blood.
Spiritual Vitality
2 Thessalonians 1:3It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;
Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:12For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.
Spiritual Warfare, Armour
Psalm 28:7-8The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.
Spiritual Warfare, As Conflict
Ephesians 6:12For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.
Spiritual Warfare, Causes Of
2 Peter 2:4For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;
Spiritual Warfare, Enemies In
James 4:4O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
Strength, Spiritual
Ephesians 6:10Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power.
That Which Is Spiritual
John 4:24God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.
Victory, Over Spiritual Forces
Hebrews 4:15For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.
Wardrobe, Spiritual
Romans 13:12The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
Weakness, Spiritual
2 Corinthians 12:10So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
