Acts 17:11
where the people were more amenable than at Thessalonica; they were perfectly ready to receive the Word and made a daily study of the scriptures to see if it was really as Paul said.
John 5:39
You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages ??and they do testify to me ??40 but you refuse to come to me for life.
Luke 16:29
'They have got Moses and the prophets,' said Abraham, 'they can listen to them.'
1 Thessalonians 2:13
We thank God constantly for this too, that when you received the word of the divine message from us, you took it not as a human word but for what it really is, the word of God. It proves effective in you believers,
Matthew 13:23
As for him who is sown 'on good soil,' that is the man who hears the word and understands it; he bears fruit, producing now a hundredfold, now sixty, and now thirtyfold."
Luke 24:44
Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."
John 1:45-49
he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets ??it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret."
John 3:21
whereas anyone whose life is true comes out into the light, to make it plain that his actions have been divinely prompted.
Acts 2:41
So those who accepted what he said were baptized; about three thousand souls were brought in, that day.
Acts 10:33
So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Well now, here we are all present before God to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to say."
Acts 11:1
Now the apostles and the brothers in Judaea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
Acts 17:1
Travelling on through Amphipolis and Apollonia they reached Thessalonica. Here there was a Jewish synagogue,
1 Thessalonians 1:6
and you started to copy us and the Lord, welcoming the word, though it brought you heavy trouble, with a joy inspired by the holy Spirit.
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with the full deceitfulness of evil for those who are doomed to perish, since they refuse to love the Truth that would save them.
2 Timothy 3:15-17
remember you have known from childhood the sacred writings that can impart saving wisdom by faith in Christ Jesus.
James 1:21
so clear away all the foul rank growth of malice, and make a soil of modesty for the Word which roots itself inwardly with power to save your souls.
1 Peter 1:10-12
Even prophets have searched and inquired about that salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that was meant for you;
1 Peter 2:2
Like newly-born children, thirst for the pure, spiritual milk to make you grow up to salvation.
2 Peter 1:19-21
and thus we have gained fresh confirmation of the prophetic word. Pray attend to that word; it shines like a lamp within a darksome spot, till the Day dawns and the daystar rises within your hearts ??20 understanding this, at the outset, that no prophetic scripture allows a man to interpret it by himself;
1 John 4:5-6
They belong to the world, therefore they speak as inspired by the world, and the world listens to them: