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But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down),

Verse ConceptsImputed RighteousnessGoing Up To HeavenAbasing PeopleRighteous By FaithGoing To HeavenBelieving In Yourselffearless

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon [it]. But each one must direct his attention to how he is building upon [it].

Verse ConceptsFoundationsCraftsmenGrace, And Christian LifePaul, Apostle To GentilesGod, Grace OfNames And Titles For The ChurchThe Foundation Of The ChurchBuilding Up The ChurchTaking HeedThe Grace Given To MenWise Men In The Churchconstruction

I wish all people could be like myself, but each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that way.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsSinglenessCelibacyDifferent ThingsLike People In Characterthe Gifts of GodPurityGifts And TalentsBeing Single

Do we not have the right to take along a sister [as] wife, like the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleBachelorsCompanionshipChrist's Earthly FamilyMarriage AllowedThe Apostles In ActionChristians Being Called Brothers

I have become like a Jew to the Jews, in order that I may gain the Jews. To those under the law [I became] as under the law ([although I] myself am not under the law) in order that I may gain those under the law.

Verse ConceptsSoul WinnersBecoming Like PeopleTo The Jew FirstSalvation For IsraelUnder The LawNetworkingMinistering To The UnsavedJewsBeing Yourselforder

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or [do we], like some, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?

Verse ConceptsCommendationLettersCommending OneselfPraising Specific Peoplea new beginningEclipse

But when I saw that they were not being straightforward with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of [them] all, "If you, [although you] are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?"

Verse ConceptsOppressing ForeignersThe Truth Of The GospelThe Purity Of The GospelJews Separate From GentilesNo CompulsionWorry And Stressacting

I ask you, brothers, become like me, because I also [have become] like you. You have done me no [wrong]!

Verse ConceptsBecoming Like PeopleWronging Other PeopleAnxiety And Stress

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, [things] which I am telling you [in advance], just as I said before, that the ones who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Verse ConceptsAdulterersAlcoholWatchfulness, Of LeadersExclusionRevelryAlcohol ConsumptionWarning IndividualsThings LikeDo Not Get DrunkDrunkennessSexual ImmoralityBeing GayGay Marriagepracticealcoholismdrunkards

For I have no one like-minded who [will] sincerely be concerned about {your circumstances}.

Verse ConceptsUnique IndividualsSeeking The WelfareFathers Loving CareWorrying About The Future

But you know his proven character, that like a child with a father he served with me for the gospel.

Verse ConceptsOptimismChildren In The FaithSelf WorthSpreading The GospelWorthHard Work And Perseverancepartnership

But you, brothers, are not in the darkness, so that the day should catch you like a thief,

Verse ConceptsComing Out Of DarknessThe Time UnknownThe Lord As A ThiefSpiritual Darknesssurprises

and their message {will spread} like gangrene, among whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

Verse ConceptsCultsFalse Teachers, Examples OfApostasy, Nt Examplescanceratheismgossiping

they will perish, but you continue, and they will all become old like a garment,

Verse ConceptsCreation Showing God's NatureChange And Growth

and like a robe you will roll them up, and like a garment they will be changed; but you are the same, and your years will not run out."

Verse ConceptsendGod Is UnchangeablePermanenceRollingGod Is Unchanging

who does not {need every day} like the former high priests to offer up sacrifices for his own sins [and] then for the [sins] of the people, because he did this once for all [when he] offered up himself.

Verse ConceptsExpiationAtonement, Made OnceSacrifice, Nt Fulfilment OfSin, God's Remedy ForSin OfferingUniquenessAbolish, Fulfilled By ChristChrist, The High PriestOnceOnly OnceDoing RepeatedlyAtoning By SacrificesRivers

not like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took hold of them by my hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I disregarded them, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtGod's HandNot Like ThingsBreaking The CovenantGod Has Guided

And therefore these were fathered from one man, and [he] being as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in number and like the innumerable sand by the shore of the sea.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberStarsSeashoresOnly One PersonSand And Gravel

because if anyone is a hearer of the message and not a doer, this one is like someone staring at {his own face} in a mirror,

Verse ConceptsMirrorsHearing God's WordOne's Deeds

Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you, and it will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.

Verse ConceptsWealthThe Misery Of GreedPossessions DecayingEnd Of The AgesBurning PeopleWitness Against OneselfStoring Treasure On EarthGetting RichLast HourEnd Of Dayspotential

But these persons, like irrational animals born [only with] natural [instincts] for capture and killing, blaspheming {about things} they do not understand, in their destruction will also be destroyed,

Verse ConceptsDeath, Of UnbelieversDestructionProfanityWicked Described AsInstinctAnnihilationDestruction Of The WickedKilling Wild AnimalsBeing Killed Like An AnimalMen Similar To AnimalsMammalsKilled Like An AnimalPetsignorancecorruptionacting

Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your [notice], that one day with the Lord [is] like a thousand years, and a thousand years [is] like one day.

Verse ConceptsThe Final Days Of Timeeternity, nature ofGod, The EternalYearsOne Day1000 Years And MoreThe Fact Of That DayAges Of TimeDaysIgnorance of GodGod's TimingGods Timing

But these persons blaspheme all that they do not understand, and all that they understand by instinct like the irrational animals, by these [things] they are being destroyed.

Verse ConceptsInstinctDestruction Of The WickedMammalsMental Abuse

and in the midst of the lampstands [one] like a son of man, dressed in [a robe] reaching to the feet and girded around his chest [with] a golden belt,

Verse ConceptsThe Golden LampstandJesus As Son Of ManChestsFine ClothesGold OrnamentsLike Men

and his feet [were] like fine bronze when it has been fired in a furnace, and his voice [was] like the sound of many waters,

Verse ConceptsBronzeBrassThings Like WaterFurnacesGod's VoiceThings Like BronzeTypes Of FeetLike WaterColorRainbowwaterfallscats

"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: "This is what the Son of God says, the one who has his eyes like a fiery flame and his feet like fine bronze:

Verse ConceptsBronzeChurch, Examples OfChrist's Exalted GloryFire Of ChristEyes In ProphecyWriting LettersThings Like BronzeTypes Of Feet

Therefore remember how you have received and heard, and observe [it], and repent. If therefore you are not on the alert, I will come like a thief, and you will never know [at] what hour I will come against you.

Verse ConceptsPast, TheRememberingRepentance, Examples OfBeing PreparedHolding FastIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnRepentanceThe Time UnknownThe Lord As A Thief

After these [things] I looked, and behold, an open door in heaven, and the former voice that I had heard like a trumpet speaking with me was saying, "Come up here and I will show you [the things] which must take place after these [things]."

Verse ConceptsNecessityHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenGoing Up To HeavenTrumpets For SignallingPredicting The FutureGod's VoiceSpecial RevelationGoing To HeavenRainbowPurgatoryThe Rapturerevelation

And before the throne [was something] like a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the midst of the throne and around the throne [were] four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.

Verse ConceptsCrystalsMineralsSeaCherubim, At God's ThroneFour CreaturesSea Of GlassTransparencyEyes In ProphecyIn FrontFront And BackExpanse Of The SeaThe OceanThe Sea

And the first living creature [was] similar to a lion, and the second living creature [was] similar to an ox, and the third living creature had a face like a man's, and the fourth living creature [was] similar to an eagle flying.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One FourthEaglesCreatures Like LionsFirst ThingsLike CreaturesSecond BeingThird PersonFourthLike MenThose FlyingRainbowflying

And I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying like the sound of thunder, "Come!"

Verse ConceptsThunderFour CreaturesSeven ThingsThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsComing To GodThunder Showing God's Presence

And I heard [something] like a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not damage the olive oil and the wine!"

Verse ConceptsDenariusBuying and sellingGrainMoney, Uses OfWagesWeights And Measures, DryWheatFour CreaturesPlenty Of WineProvision Of OilShortagesExpensiveOther Volume MeasuresHurtEnd Timeshurting

and the stars of heaven fell to the earth like a fig tree throws down its unripe figs [when] shaken by a great wind.

Verse ConceptsStarsFalling From HeavenGod ShakingAffecting Sun Moon And StarsLucifer

And the sky was split apart like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved from their place.

Verse ConceptsScrollsCataclysmMountains RemovedRollingThe Universe DestroyedSky, Figurative UseThe End Of The WorldEnd TimesMoving To A New Place

And the second angel blew the trumpet, and [something] like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood,

Verse ConceptsOne ThirdTurned To BloodBad WaterSeven TrumpetsSecond BeingTrumpet Judgments

And the third angel blew the trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Verse ConceptsSkyFalling From HeavenSeven TrumpetsThird PersonFailing Riverswaterfalls

And he opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke went up from the shaft like smoke from a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.

Verse ConceptsAbyssFurnacesAirThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsKeysDarkness During Daytime

And out of the smoke locusts came to the earth, and power was given to them like the scorpions of the earth have power.

Verse ConceptsLocustsSymbolsAltar Of IncenseScorpionsbugs

And it was granted to them that they should not kill them, but that they would be tormented five months, and their torment [is] like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyPoisonTortureFive Months And MoreScorpionsSnakebitesTroubling Groups Of Peoplebugs

And the appearance of the locusts [was] like horses prepared for battle, and on their heads [were something] like crowns similar in appearance to gold, and their faces [were] like men's faces,

Verse ConceptsLocustsThings Like GoldCrowns On CreaturesLike Menbugscrowns

and they had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings [was] like the sound of many {horse-drawn chariots} running into battle.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesIronThunderWheelsWingsInvincibilityHeavenly ChariotsSoundThings Like IronSteelbugsrevelation

And in this way I saw the horses in the vision, and those seated on them, who had fiery [red] and hyacinth-colored and sulphurous [yellow] breastplates, and the heads of the horses [were] like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and sulphur.

Verse ConceptsBackHorsesVisionsBrimstoneCreatures Like LionsSulphurYellowLike CreaturesBrownOther References To Mouths

And I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, and a rainbow over his head, and his face [was] like the sun, and his feet [were] like pillars of fire,

Verse ConceptsLegsPillarsRainbowsStrength Of AngelsObelisksHeavenly FacesTypes Of FeetAngels Doing God's WorkOthers Going DownDistinctive ClothingThe RainbowRainbow

And he cried out with a loud voice like a lion roars, and when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their own voices.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsShout Of Godcrusades

And from his mouth the serpent spouted water like a river after the woman, in order that he could make her swept away by a river.

Verse ConceptsPouring WaterThe Ancient SerpentOther References To MouthsRebellion of Satan and AngelsFloods

And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard, and its feet [were] like a bear's, and its mouth [was] like the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority.

Verse ConceptsLeopardThroneLions, Figurative Use OfAnimals, Types OfBearsCreatures Like LionsLike CreaturesOther References To Mouths

And they worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who [is] like the beast, and who is able to make war with him?

Verse ConceptsArmageddonFalse ReligionUnique CreaturesWorshipping The DevilReady For War

And I saw another beast coming up from the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he was speaking like a dragon.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InHorns In AllegoryCosmic CreaturesTwo Of Body PartsThe False ProphetThe Second Coming

And I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the sound that I heard [was] like harpists playing on their harps.

Verse ConceptsThunderThings Like WaterInstrumentalistsHarpsGod Speaks From HeavenLike WaterwaterfallsThunder Showing God's Presence

And they were singing [something] like a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders, and no one was able to learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who had been bought from the earth.

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

And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud was seated [one] like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceGoldHead coveringChrist GlorifiedSharp ToolsGold OrnamentsAngelsLike MenGreat White Throne JudgmentThe Rainbowclouds

And I saw [something] like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name were standing by the glassy sea, holding harps from God.

Verse ConceptsGlassequipping, physicaldefeatSeaPromised VictoryBeastsSea Of GlassGod Appearing In FireHarpsTransparencyOvercoming Through Christ

And the second poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood, like [that] of a dead person, and every living thing [that was] in the sea died.

Verse ConceptsTurned To BloodBad WaterDeath Of CreaturesSecond BeingBloodThe OceanThe SeaThe Environment

And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet three unclean spirits like frogs.

Verse ConceptsFrogsMouthsFalse Prophets, Examples OfSatan, Agents OfThree AnimalsSpirit BeingsCosmic CreaturesOther References To MouthsBowl JudgmentsCatastrophic EventsjumpingDemonic Influence

and began to cry out [when they] saw the smoke of her burning, saying, "Who [is] like the great city?"

Verse ConceptsDust On The HeadBurning CitiesUnique Thingssmoking

And one powerful angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw [it] into the sea, saying, "In this way Babylon the great city will be thrown down with violence, and will never be found again!

Verse ConceptsMillstonesThings Passing AwayStrength Of AngelsDestruction Of BabylonBabylon DestroyedAngelsIn The Heart Of The Sea

After these [things] I heard [something] like the loud sound of a great crowd in heaven saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,

Verse ConceptsBabylonGod, Glory OfdoxologyCrowdsPraise, Manner And Methods OfShoutingMany In The ChurchGroups ShoutingPraise The Lord!Taken To HeavengaysGay Marriage

And I heard [something] like the sound of a great crowd and [something] like the sound of many waters and [something] like the sound of powerful thunder, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord God, the All-Powerful, reigns!

Verse ConceptsBabylonGod, Power OfGod, Sovereignty OfKingsPraise, Manner And Methods OfShoutingThunderGod's OmnipotenceThe AlmightyGod, InfiniteMultitudesMany In The ChurchThings Like WaterLike WaterPraise The Lord!Gay MarriagewaterfallsThunder Showing God's Presence

and he will go out to deceive the nations [that are] at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to assemble them for battle, {whose number} [is] like the sand of the sea.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsGog and MagogFour CornersFour SidesAll NationsSand And GravelThe Armies Of HeavenWarDeceptionBattlerevelationrelentless

that has the glory of God. Its radiance [is] like a precious stone, [something] like a jasper stone, shining like crystal.

Verse ConceptsCrystalsRadiancyGlory Of GodPrecious StonesRadiant LivesTransparencyJewellery And GodRainbow

And the twelve gates [are] twelve pearls, each one of the gates was from a single pearl. And the street of the city [is] pure gold, like transparent glass.

Verse ConceptsGlassStreetsPearlsCity GatesTransparencyPavementsOne Material ThingTwelve ThingsJewellery And GodColorBeing Singlebridgesartists