Luke 1:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Before

Luke 1:16

John 1:13

John 3:28

In

Revelation 20:4

And the

Matthew 21:29

1 Corinthians 6:9

To make

1 John 2:28

Bible References

Before

and many of the children of Israel shall he convert unto the Lord their God.

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Ye your selves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but am sent before Him.

In

and, if ye are willing to receive the truth, This is that Elias who was to come.

Jesus said unto them, Elias doth indeed come first, and shall set all things right.

Then they asked Him, saying, Why do the scribes say, that Elias must come first?

And they asked him, What then? art thou Elias? And he said, I am not. Art thou a prophet? and he answered, No.

And I saw thrones, and persons sat on them, and judgement was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God; and who had not worshipped the beast, nor his image, and received not his mark upon their forehead, and on their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

And the

and he answered I will not; but afterwards repenting, he went.

What! know ye not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor sodomites,

To make

Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou hast done well that thou art come. And now we are all here present before God, to hear all the things which God hath charged thee with to us.

and that He might make known the riches of his glory in the vessels of mercy, which He hath prepared for glory?

giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light:

If therefore any one purify himself from these corruptions, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified and fitted for the Master's use, being prepared for every good work.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should declare the glories of Him, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,

And now, little children, abide, I say, in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and may not be ashamed before Him at his coming.