Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Charity » The attributes of charity
Now concerning food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, [it] does not boast, [it] does not become conceited, [it] does not behave dishonorably, [it] {is not selfish}, [it] does not become angry, [it] does not keep a record of wrongs, [it] does not rejoice at unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth, read more.
bears all [things], believes all [things], hopes all [things], endures all [things]. Love never ends. But if [there are] prophecies, they will pass away. If [there are] tongues, they will cease. If [there is] knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but whenever the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside the things of a child. For now we see through a mirror {indirectly}, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known. And now these three [things] remain: faith, hope, [and] love. But the greatest of these [is] love.
bears all [things], believes all [things], hopes all [things], endures all [things]. Love never ends. But if [there are] prophecies, they will pass away. If [there are] tongues, they will cease. If [there is] knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but whenever the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside the things of a child. For now we see through a mirror {indirectly}, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known. And now these three [things] remain: faith, hope, [and] love. But the greatest of these [is] love.
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers. Above all, keep your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins. [Be] hospitable to one another without complaining.
End of the world » The end of all things being at hand
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
Prayer » Accompanied with » Watchfulness
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these [things] [that] are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
Prayer » Shortness of time a motive to
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
The second coming of Christ » Should be always considered as at hand
The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light.
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
Let your gentleness be made known to all people. The Lord [is] near.
Sobriety » Being sober
Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly.
Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
Verse Concepts
AlcoholAdversityevil, origins ofenemies, of believersBitingAttitudes Of WatchfulnessSatan, Titles ForLions, Figurative Use OfLionsPersecution, Nature OfReadinessSatan, As TempterSelf ControlSleep, SpiritualSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InWatchfulness, Of BelieversBeing PreparedSatan, Character Of
Let us live decently, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy.
And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of yourself than what one ought to think, but to think {sensibly}, as God has apportioned a measure of faith to each one.
Therefore, {when you have prepared your minds for action} [by] being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,
Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need [of anything] to be written to you, for [you] yourselves well know that the day of the Lord is coming in the [same] way as a thief in the night. Whenever they say "Peace and security," then sudden destruction will overtake them like the birth pains of {a pregnant woman}, and they will not possibly escape. read more.
But you, brothers, are not in the darkness, so that the day should catch you like a thief, for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But [because] we are of the day, we must be sober, [by] putting on the breastplate of faith and love and [as] a helmet the hope of salvation,
But you, brothers, are not in the darkness, so that the day should catch you like a thief, for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But [because] we are of the day, we must be sober, [by] putting on the breastplate of faith and love and [as] a helmet the hope of salvation,
Sobriety » Motives to
Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
Verse Concepts
AlcoholAdversityevil, origins ofenemies, of believersBitingAttitudes Of WatchfulnessSatan, Titles ForLions, Figurative Use OfLionsPersecution, Nature OfReadinessSatan, As TempterSelf ControlSleep, SpiritualSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InWatchfulness, Of BelieversBeing PreparedSatan, Character Of
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
Sobriety » Motive for
Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
Verse Concepts
AlcoholAdversityevil, origins ofenemies, of believersBitingAttitudes Of WatchfulnessSatan, Titles ForLions, Figurative Use OfLionsPersecution, Nature OfReadinessSatan, As TempterSelf ControlSleep, SpiritualSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InWatchfulness, Of BelieversBeing PreparedSatan, Character Of
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
Sobriety » With prayer
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
Watchfulness » Should be » With sobriety
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.
Watchfulness » Exhortations to
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.