'Message' in the Bible

Instead, let your message be "Yes' for "Yes' and "No' for "No.' Anything more than that comes from the evil one."

Now when John heard in prison about the activities of the Messiah, he sent a message by his disciples

While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message that said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because today I have suffered terribly due to a dream I had about him."

Such a large crowd gathered that there wasn't room for them, even in front of the door. Jesus was speaking his message to them

With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.

Then his disciples went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the signs that accompanied it.

and Annas and Caiaphas high priests, a message from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

They were utterly amazed at what he taught, because his message was spoken with authority.

But he answered those people, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear a message from God and heed it."

If he called those to whom a message from God came "gods' (and the Scripture cannot be disregarded),

so that what the prophet Isaiah spoke might be fulfilled when he said: "Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the Lord's power been revealed?"

I ask not only on behalf of these men, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their message,

So those who welcomed his message were baptized. That day about 3,000 people were added to their number.

But many of those who heard their message believed, and the men grew to number about 5,000.

"Go, stand in the Temple, and keep on telling the people the whole message about this life they can have."

The crowds, hearing his message and seeing the signs that he was doing, paid close attention to what was said by Philip.

While Peter was still making this statement, the Holy Spirit fell on all the people who were listening to his message.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders asked them, "Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you may speak."

"My brothers, descendants of Abraham's family, and those among you who fear God, it is to us that the message of this salvation has been sent.

After a lengthy debate, Peter stood up and told them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days, God chose me to be the one among you through whom the gentiles would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so.

Even some officials of the province of Asia who were his friends sent him a message urging him not to risk his life in the theater.

"I'm now entrusting you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build you up and secure for you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

He wrote a letter with this message:

You must understand that this message about God's salvation has been sent to the gentiles, and they will listen."

But what does it say? "The message is near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart." This is the message about faith that we are proclaiming:

But not everyone has obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah asks, "Lord, who has believed our message?"

Now to the one who is able to strengthen you with my gospel and the message that I preach about Jesus, the Messiah, by revealing the secret that was kept hidden from long ago

For the message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are being saved.

My message and my preaching were not accompanied by clever, wise words, but by a display of the Spirit's power,

However, when we are among mature people, we do speak a message of wisdom, but not the wisdom of this world or of the rulers of this world, who are passing off the scene.

To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit;

In the same way, unless you speak an intelligible message with your language, how will anyone know what is being said? You'll be talking into the air!

and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you unless, of course, your faith was worthless.

and if the Messiah has not been raised, then our message means nothing and your faith means nothing.

for through the Messiah, God was reconciling the world to himself by not counting their sins against them. He has committed his message of reconciliation to us.

Now those who were reputed to be important added nothing to my message. (What sort of people they were makes no difference to me, since God pays no attention to outward appearances.)

to proclaim the message. Be ready to do this whether or not the time is convenient. Refute, warn, and encourage with the utmost patience when you teach.

You, too, must watch out for him, for he violently opposed our message.

However, the Lord stood by me and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles could hear it. I was rescued out of a lion's mouth.

At the right time he revealed his message through the proclamation that was entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

He must be devoted to the trustworthy message that agrees with what we teach, so that he may be able to encourage others with healthy doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

because if the message spoken by angels was reliable, and every violation and act of disobedience received its just punishment,

because we have had the good news told to us as well as to them. But the message they heard did not help them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened to it.

to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better message than Abel's.

I urge you, brothers, to listen patiently to my encouraging message, for I have written you a short letter.

Therefore we regard the message of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp that is shining in a gloomy place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness none at all!

The message that the Son himself declared to us is eternal life.

This is the message that you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

who testified about this message from God and the testimony about Jesus the Messiah.