'People' in the Bible

Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.

For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.

For the grace of God has appeared with salvation for all people,

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people for His own possession, eager to do good works.

to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness to all people.

And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works for cases of urgent need, so that they will not be unfruitful.

Therefore, He had to be like His brothers in every way, so that He could become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people.

For every high priest taken from men is appointed in service to God for the people, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

Because of this, he must make a sin offering for himself as well as for the people.

The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they have also descended from Abraham.

If then, perfection came through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there for another priest to appear, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all when He offered Himself.

But finding fault with His people, He says:Look, the days are coming, says the Lord,when I will make a new covenantwith the house of Israeland with the house of Judah—

But this is the covenantthat I will make with the house of Israelafter those days, says the Lord:I will put My laws into their mindsand write them on their hearts.I will be their God,and they will be My people.

But the high priest alone enters the second room, and he does that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

For a will is valid only when people die, since it is never in force while the one who made it is living.

For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,

And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—

For we know the One who has said, Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge His people.

and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the short-lived pleasure of sin.

to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to God who is the Judge of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,

Marriage must be respected by all, and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge immoral people and adulterers.

Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that He might sanctify the people by His own blood.

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!

Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,a holy nation, a people for His possession,so that you may proclaim the praisesof the One who called you out of darknessinto His marvelous light.

Once you were not a people,but now you are God’s people;you had not received mercy,but now you have received mercy.

For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

As God’s slaves, live as free people, but don’t use your freedom as a way to conceal evil.

who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while an ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people—were saved through water.

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.

especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.Bold, arrogant people! They do not tremble when they blaspheme the glorious ones;

But these people, like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed—speak blasphemies about things they don’t understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed,

They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!

These people are springs without water, mists driven by a whirlwind. The gloom of darkness has been reserved for them.

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, it is clear what sort of people you should be in holy conduct and godliness

Now I want to remind you, though you know all these things: The Lord first saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;

But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like unreasoning animals—they destroy themselves with these things.

These people are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.

These people create divisions and are unbelievers, not having the Spirit.

But you have a few people in Sardis who have not defiled their clothes, and they will walk with Me in white, because they are worthy.

And they sang a new song:You are worthy to take the scrolland to open its seals,because You were slaughtered,and You redeemed peoplefor God by Your bloodfrom every tribe and languageand people and nation.

Then another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its horseman was empowered to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And a large sword was given to him.

After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were robed in white with palm branches in their hands.

Then one of the elders asked me, “Who are these people robed in white, and where did they come from?”

The name of the star is Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood. So, many of the people died from the waters, because they had been made bitter.

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree, but only people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads.

In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months.

The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk.

At that moment a violent earthquake took place, a tenth of the city fell, and 7,000 people were killed in the earthquake. The survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

And he was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. He was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

He also performs great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in front of people.

Then I saw another angel flying high overhead, having the eternal gospel to announce to the inhabitants of the earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

The first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and severely painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun. He was given the power to burn people with fire,

and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.

The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues because of their pain

Enormous hailstones, each weighing about 100 pounds, fell from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God for the plague of hail because that plague was extremely severe.

Then I heard another voice from heaven:Come out of her, My people,so that you will not share in her sinsor receive any of her plagues.

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the people who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.

Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:Look! God’s dwelling is with humanity,and He will live with them.They will be His people,and God Himself will be with themand be their God.

Night will no longer exist, and people will not need lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign forever and ever.