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Exact Match

Nobody sews a patch of brand-new goods on an old coat, for such a patch would tear away from the coat, and the hole would be bigger than ever.

Verse ConceptsClothNewnessParables Of ChristSchismsSewingOld ThingsRepairingUnusedWorse

No one sews a patch of brand-new goods on an old coat; or, if he does, the patch tears away, the new from the old, and the hole becomes bigger than ever.

Verse ConceptsNewnessSewingBad SituationsRepairingUnused

Non-Exact Match

From now on let no one trouble me [by making it necessary for me to justify my authority as an apostle, and the absolute truth of the gospel], for I bear on my body the branding-marks of Jesus [the wounds, scars, and other outward evidence of persecutions—these testify to His ownership of me].

Verse ConceptsBodyInjuryMortificationPaul, Apostle To GentilesPersecution, Forms OfSealsSuffering, Of BelieversChrist's WoundsNo TroubleSigns Attending Christproblemsbrandingefficiencyscars

And he makes all men, low and high, rich and poor, freemen and slaves, to have a brand put upon their right hands or upon their brows,

Verse ConceptsForeheadsSmallnessDisfigurement Of SinGreat And SmallEvil For The Right HandPoor Or RichSlave Or FreeMark Of The Beastbranding

so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the brand of the beast, or the number of his name.

Verse ConceptsThe False ProphetMark Of The Beast On ForeheadMark Of The BeastSaving Money

And another angel, a third, followed them, crying with a mighty voice. "Whoever worships the beast and his image, And receives a brand on his forehead or on his hand,

Verse ConceptsForeheadsDisfigurement Of SinMarks On PeopleThird PersonAngels Doing God's WorkFate Of IdolatersWorshipping The Devil

The first angel went and poured out his bowl upon the earth. And it was turned to loathsome and painful sores upon all who bore the brand of the beast, and who worshiped his image.

Verse ConceptsThe BeastDisfigurement Of SinCosmic CreaturesMarks On PeopleFirst ThingsFate Of IdolatersBowl JudgmentsCatastrophic EventsMark Of The BeastHealing CancerAbscesscancerserenity

And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them, and they were permitted to judge; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God, those who did not worship the beast nor his image, and who did not receive his brand upon their brow, or hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Verse ConceptsForeheads666Faithfulness, To Godevil, victory overdefianceBeheadingThe BeastJudgesJudgment SeatPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf SacrificeThe Immortal SoulMartyrdom, Methods OfSufferings RewardedRemoving HeadsCosmic CreaturesBelievers JudgingMarks On PeopleAuthority Of DisciplesAvoiding IdolatrySubsequent Witness To ChristWorshipping The DevilMark Of The BeastHow First Resurrection Is Spread OutSigns Of The Timesend times prophecyMartyrdom

the tongue is a brand that sets the world in a combustion: it is but one of the numerous organs of the body, yet it can blast whole assemblies: tipp'd with infernal sulphur it sets the whole train of life in a blaze.

Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofHell, As Incentive To ActionThe Human BodyGehennaDamage To The BodyFire Of EvilPeople Being PollutedBeware Of Your SpeechMighty in its influenceThe TongueThe Power Of Words

In like wise, no man poureth new wine into old vessels, for if he do, the new wine breaketh the vessels, and the wine runneth out, and the vessels are marred. But new wine must be poured into new vessels."

Verse ConceptsBottle, UsesNewnessWineAlcohol ConsumptionBreaking ContainersOld ThingsUnusedFreshWineskins And Vatstoughness

For neither is circumcision anything [of any importance], nor uncircumcision, but [only] a new creation [which is the result of a new birth—a spiritual transformation—a new nature in Christ Jesus].

Verse ConceptsGod, The CreatorNewnessRitualUncircumcisionNew Birth, Described AsSalvation Not By WorksNew LifeNecessity Of Circumcision

And he spake also a parable unto them: No man rendeth a piece from a new garment and putteth it upon an old garment; else he will rend the new, and also the piece from the new will not agree with the old.

Verse ConceptsNewnessMendingRepairingUnusedNot Like Things

But from those who were of high reputation (whatever they were—in terms of individual importance—makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality—He is not impressed with the positions that people hold nor does He recognize distinctions such as fame or power)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me [that is, they had nothing to add to my gospel message nor did they impose any new requirements on me].

Verse ConceptsOutward AppearancePrejudiceJustification Under The GospelGod, Impartiality OfLeadersrecognitionefficiencyimportance

by abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the hostility caused by the Law with its commandments contained in ordinances [which He satisfied]; so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thereby establishing peace.

Verse ConceptsNew ThingsLaws, AbolishedLaw, And GospelRitual LawRitualSalvation, Nature OfLaw, TemporaryAbolish, Evil ThingsAnnulmentTwo GroupsNew LifeChurch Distinct From IsraelMaking Peace With God

Now God is the One who has prepared us for this very thing [i.e., the receiving of a new body to live in]. He has [also] given us the Holy Spirit as a down payment. [Note: This refers to the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit as being a guarantee that we will receive the balance of our inheritance in the form of a new body].

Verse ConceptsConfidence, From Holy SpiritDepositsGuaranteePresent, TheSending Of The Holy SpiritReceiving An InheritanceGift Of The Holy SpiritThe Sealing Of The Holy SpiritGod Giving His SpiritLife Purpose

And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you].

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfBad ThoughtsConversion, nature ofFindingMetamorphosisBad LanguageBad InfluenceConformityAlcoholProblem SolvingBecoming More Like ChristCommitment, to the worldevil, victory overDiscernment, Nature OfDiscernment, Source OfAttitudes, Of Christians To The WorldSpiritual RenewalGod, Perfection OfGod, Purpose OfHealthInfluenceIntelligenceLove, Abuse OfTransformationMaturity, SpiritualPerfection, DivineReformationRenewal, Of People Of GodSelf DisciplineSelf IndulgenceSin, Avoidance OfSociety, Positive Aspects OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InTestingWorldlinessCarnalityWorldliness, AvoidLaw Described AsThoughts Of The RighteousCosmeticsControlling Your ThoughtsPeer PressurePriorities In LifeThinkingChanged HeartSubmission To God's WillThoughtfulnessUnworldlinessPeople TransformedKnowing God's WillRenewedPatternsA New MindMind BattlesSocial dutiesNew Age BeliefsThe MindWorld Opposed To GodThoughtsReading The BibleRenewalAgeGod's Plan For UsChanging YourselfScripturePerspectiveSelf Imagediscriminationexploringculturebehaviorexperienceprocesswillfollowing

We know that no one who has received the new Life from God lives in sin. No, he who has received the new Life from God keeps the thought of God in his heart, and then the Evil One does not touch him.

Verse ConceptsRegenerationSafetySatan, As DeceiverSatan, Resistance ToSin, Avoidance OfNew Birth, Results OfContinuing In SinEthics

And the brothers and sisters, having heard news about us, came from as far away as the Forum of Appius and Three Inns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and was encouraged.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Support ForRomeSuffering, Encouragements InThanksgivingVisitingBraveryMeeting PeopleThree Other ThingsThanking God For PeoplePeople Encouraging Others

For, if some new-comer is proclaiming a Jesus other than him whom we proclaimed, or if you are receiving a Spirit different from the Spirit which you received, or a Good News different from that which you welcomed, then you are marvelously tolerant!

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InHeresyAcceptance, Of The GospelSpirit BeingsThe Purity Of The GospelDifferent TeachingsFalse ChristsFake FriendsBeing DifferentBeing Unique

Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Verse ConceptsAffection, Kinds OfConformityBehaviourGospel, Historical Foundation OfHand Of GodRight Hand Of GodHeart, Affections OfSpirituality, Principles OfNew Birth, Described AsRight SidesOur ResurrectionSocial dutiesPositive ThinkingEthicsseekingreality

a renewal in which there is no [distinction between] Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, [nor between nations whether] barbarian or Scythian, [nor in status whether] slave or free, but Christ is all, and in all [so believers are equal in Christ, without distinction].

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtCircumcision, spiritualCircumcision, physicalBarbariansGreeksRacial EqualityParticipation, In ChristUncircumcisionUnity, God's Goal OfUnity, Of God's PeopleAbolish, Fulfilled By ChristBigotryRacismGod's FullnessSlavesNo DistinctionsNecessity Of CircumcisionGentilesJewsRenewalculturefree

And they sing a new song before the throne, and before the four beings and the elders. And none could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand, those who have been redeemed from the earth.

Verse ConceptsCreatureselders, in the churchMarketsSongsThroneAbundance, SpiritualHeaven, Worshiping GodBeastsFour CreaturesOne Hundred Thousand And MoreCosmic CreaturesA New SongFruitless LearningElders In Heaven144,000elders

even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God’s judgment).

Verse ConceptsGrace, The Source OfSaving GraceLife With ChristSpiritually DeadJustified By GraceThe Gospel Of SalvationGraceCauses of failure inBeing Saved

Let him that hath ears hear what the spirit sayth unto the congregations: To him that overcometh will I give to eat Manna that is hid, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth, saving he that receiveth it.'

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodMannaNewnessUniquenessWhiteOvercomersDelicaciesUnknown ThingsHidden ThingsGod Renaming PeopleWriting On ObjectsOvercoming Through ChristTaught By The SpiritA New NameBenefits Of HeavenSpiritual crownsOvercomingChange And Growth

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newBlameRebukeBlemished People

In that he saith, A new covenant he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.

Verse ConceptsLaws, AbolishedPast, TheOld ThingsGrowingcovenant

by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

Verse ConceptsNewnessConsecrationChrist The DoorDedicationNew

and should make all men see the new dispensation of that secret purpose, hidden from eternity in the God who founded the universe,

Verse ConceptsGod, The CreatorLast DaysMysteryUniverseAdministrationGod's Things ConcealedSchedulesGod's PlanGods PlanThe Past

and there was in the place where he was crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one was yet laid;

Verse ConceptsHorticultureTombsUnusedGardensBurying placesThe CrossJesus Deathcrucifixion

And no man having drunk old wine desireth new; for he saith, The old is good.

Verse ConceptsOld ThingsDrunkennessNew

They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you’re speaking of?

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

Verse ConceptsForeignersAmusementsIntelligenceLeisure, And PastimesPride, Examples OfSloth Examples OfCuriosity

Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.

Verse ConceptsBeginningBeginning Of SalvationOld ThingsChrist's Ordersa new beginningcommandments

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

Verse ConceptsBrotherly LoveChrist's OrdersLove Fellow Christians!Loving One Another

And he said to them, "For this [reason] every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of the house who brings out of his storeroom new [things] and old [things]."

Verse ConceptsHousesKeysTeachers Of The LawChristian TraditionsPeople Of The KingdomtrainingNew

So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

Verse ConceptsPeople RefreshedMotivationBrothers LoveSibling Loverelaxingencouraging

But I tell you, from now [on] I will never drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father."

Verse ConceptsAlcoholKingdom Of God, Coming OfLove FeastNot Drinking WineFreshRelationship Of Father And SonKingdom Of GodAlcoholic Beveragescommunion

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.

Verse ConceptsFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsDoing RepeatedlyChrist And ShamingChrist Was KilledSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionRenewalapostasyimpossibleFalling Away From God

Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place.

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstThe Lord's PrayerHumility Of ChristDoing God's Will

who by their faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, received new promises, shut the mouths of lions,

Verse ConceptsBitingAnimal LifeLionsMouthsGod's PromisesDeliverance From LionsExploits Of FaithOther References To Mouths

Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of God.

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Coming OfLord's SupperLove FeastNot Drinking WineFresh

But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old letter of the law.

Verse ConceptsPaul, Teaching OfRitualService To GodChristian Liberty Is Freedom FromNew Birth, Described AsThe Holy Spirit, And RegenerationThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureNew LifeOld ThingsDead To SinWithout The Law

and placed it in his [own] new tomb that he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a large stone to the entrance of the tomb [and] went away.

Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

And they were all amazed, so that [they began] to discuss with one another, saying, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him."

Verse ConceptsAmazingExorcismsevil, victory overDemons, Delivered FromNewnessAmazement, Of Jesus ChristAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesChrist's DominionAuthority Of ChristWhat Is This?Christ's Ordersdoctrine

I am daily receiving new mortifications, witness your cruel boastings against me, which I bear for the sake of Christ Jesus our Lord;

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfPaul's BoastingMeaning Of The Risen LifePride

He again sets a definite day, [a new] “Today,” [providing another opportunity to enter that rest by] saying through David after so long a time, just as has been said before [in the words already quoted],

Today if you hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts.”

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillOpportunities, And SalvationRepentance, Importance OfSeasons, Of LifeStubbornnessStiffnecked PeopleHearing God's VoiceAvoiding ObstinacyNowToday

And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

Verse ConceptsComplacencyBuying and sellingLove, Abuse OfReal EstateGuest Rooms

For they [the gifts, sacrifices, and ceremonies] deal only with [clean and unclean] food and drink and various ritual washings, [mere] external regulations for the body imposed [to help the worshipers] until the time of reformation [that is, the time of the new order when Christ will establish the reality of what these things foreshadow—a better covenant].

Verse ConceptsRitualLimitations Of The Bodyorder

For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new.

Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsFalse Teachers, Characteristics OfEarsGuidance, Need For God'sManipulationTeachingCultsApostasy, CauseEvil TimesRefusing To HearSound DoctrineDoctrines of the The Gospelphotographydoctrine

And having answered, Jesus said to them, After going, report to John the things that ye saw and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor are preached good-new

Verse ConceptsDeafnessCripplesHearingKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLamenessLast DaysPoverty, Remedies ForNatural DeafnessThe Healed WalkingThe Deaf HearingHearing ChristHealing Of The BlindTelling Of JesusThose Helping The Poor