Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



It demeans itself not unbecomingly, seeks not the things of itself, is not irritated, reckons no evil; Verse ConceptsAggressionBeing In LoveIrritationMannersDo Not Be SelfishPeople Forgiving OthersUnconditional Love


For ye yourselves know that ye ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you; Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofImitatingLaborImitating Good People





Therefore an overseer must be irreprehensible, husband of one wife, sober, of sound mind, well arranged, hospitable, giving instruction; Not intoxicated, not a quarrelsome person, not occupied in sordid gain; but equitable, without fighting, exempt from avarice; Presiding well over his own house, having the children in subjection with all gravity; read more.
(And if any know not to preside over his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not newly planted, lest rendered proud he fall into condemnation of the accuser. And he must also have good testimony from them without;lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the accuser.

For this I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest rectify things left behind, and set elders in the city, as I directed thee: If any be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of licentiousness, or disorderly. For a bishop must be irreproachable, as steward of God; not self-sufficient, not prone to anger, not intemperate, not a striker, not occupied in sordid gain. read more.
But hospitable, a lover of good, of sound mind, just, holy, holding firm; Holding firmly the faithful word according to instruction, that he may be able also to beseech in sound doctrine, and to refute those opposing. For many also are disorderly, vain talkers and infatuates, especially they of the circumcision: Who must be restrained, who subvert whole houses, teaching what they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain.

Faithful the word, If any strive for superintendence, he eagerly desires a good work. Therefore an overseer must be irreprehensible, husband of one wife, sober, of sound mind, well arranged, hospitable, giving instruction; Not intoxicated, not a quarrelsome person, not occupied in sordid gain; but equitable, without fighting, exempt from avarice; read more.
Presiding well over his own house, having the children in subjection with all gravity; (And if any know not to preside over his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not newly planted, lest rendered proud he fall into condemnation of the accuser. And he must also have good testimony from them without;lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the accuser.


Let the deacons be husbands of one wife, presiding well over the children and their own houses. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife; as also the rest of the sent, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleBachelorsCompanionshipChrist's Earthly FamilyMarriage AllowedThe Apostles In ActionChristians Being Called Brothers

And Jesus, having come into Peter's house, saw his mother-in-law having been laid up, and affected with fever. Verse ConceptsdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfPeter, The DiscipleFeverMother In LawsEntering HousesSicknessGrandmothersgrandmas

They shall not take a woman, a harlot, or profane; and they shall not take a wife driven away from her husband, for he is holy to his God. And he consecrated him, for he bringing the bread of thy God: holy shall he be to thee: for I Jehovah consecrating you am holy, And the daughter of a man a priest, if she shall be profaned to commit fornication, it is profaning her father: she shall be burnt in fire. read more.
And the great priest from his brethren which the anointing oil shall be poured upon his head, and he filled his hand to put on the garments, his head he shall not uncover, and his garments he shall not rend. And to an dead soul he shall not come, for his father, and for his mother, he shall not be defiled. And from the holy place he shall not go forth, and he shall not profane the holy place of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him I Jehovah. And he shall take a wife in her virginity. A widow, and the driven away, and profane, and an harlot, those he shall not take: but a virgin of his people shall he take a wife. And he shall not profane his seed among his people; for I Jehovah consecrating him.

For this I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest rectify things left behind, and set elders in the city, as I directed thee: If any be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of licentiousness, or disorderly. For a bishop must be irreproachable, as steward of God; not self-sufficient, not prone to anger, not intemperate, not a striker, not occupied in sordid gain.









It demeans itself not unbecomingly, seeks not the things of itself, is not irritated, reckons no evil; Verse ConceptsAggressionBeing In LoveIrritationMannersDo Not Be SelfishPeople Forgiving OthersUnconditional Love


For ye yourselves know that ye ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you; Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofImitatingLaborImitating Good People



Not for kings, O Lemuel, not for kings to drink and for princes the desire of strong drink: Lest he shall drink and forget what is prescribed, and change the judgment of all the sons of affliction. Ye shall give strong drink to him perishing, and wine to the bitter of soul read more.
He shall drink and forget his poverty, and shall no more remember his toil.

Faithful the word, If any strive for superintendence, he eagerly desires a good work. Therefore an overseer must be irreprehensible, husband of one wife, sober, of sound mind, well arranged, hospitable, giving instruction; Not intoxicated, not a quarrelsome person, not occupied in sordid gain; but equitable, without fighting, exempt from avarice; read more.
Presiding well over his own house, having the children in subjection with all gravity; (And if any know not to preside over his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not newly planted, lest rendered proud he fall into condemnation of the accuser. And he must also have good testimony from them without;lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the accuser. Deacons likewise grave, not speaking equivocally, not holding to much wine, not occupied in sordid gain; Having the mystery of faith in pure consciousness. And let these also first be tried; then let them perform the office of footman, being blameless. Wives also grave, not accusers, sober, faithful in all things.





And the decree of the king which he shall make being heard in all his kingdom, (for it is great,) and all the women shall give honor to their husbands, to the great and even to the small. Verse ConceptsThe Honourable Will Be HonouredWives




Presiding well over his own house, having the children in subjection with all gravity; (And if any know not to preside over his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

And he will send letters to all the provinces of the king, to provinces and provinces, according to its writing, and to people and people, according to their tongue, for every man to be ruling in his house; and being spoken according to the tongue of his people. Verse ConceptsLanguages ConfusedAuthority Of PeopleAlphabet

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For truly the man ought not to have the head covered, being the image and glory of God: and the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. For also the man was not created through the woman; but the woman through the man.

Women, yield ye obedience to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. But as the church is subjected to Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.




And he shall not multiply to him wives, and his heart shall not turn away: and silver and gold he shall not greatly multiply to himself. Verse ConceptsGoldHeart, HumanLove, In RelationshipsPolygamySilverHuman DesiresGetting Rich

And did he not make one? And the remainder of the spirit to him. And why one? Seeking a seed of God. And ye matched in your spirit, and he shall not deal faithlessly against the wife of thy youth. Verse Conceptsdivorce, amongst believersHusbandsLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Purpose OfMonogamyUnity, God's Goal OfWivesDesign Of MarriageYouthful DevotionResidueRaising ChildrenGodly WomanSeedsRespecting Your Body


Testified of in good works; if she have brought up children, if she lodged strangers, if she washed the feet of the holy, if she relieved the pressed, if she followed every good work. Verse ConceptsFoot washingFeet Washingethics, personalProperty, HousesReputationSaintsAfflicted, Duty To ThemHospitalityWives, DressTravellersLoving ForeignersClean FeetCare Of FeetDoing GoodRaising ChildrenHelping Those In NeedPetsGrandmothers








And he shall not multiply to him wives, and his heart shall not turn away: and silver and gold he shall not greatly multiply to himself. Verse ConceptsGoldHeart, HumanLove, In RelationshipsPolygamySilverHuman DesiresGetting Rich

And did he not make one? And the remainder of the spirit to him. And why one? Seeking a seed of God. And ye matched in your spirit, and he shall not deal faithlessly against the wife of thy youth. Verse Conceptsdivorce, amongst believersHusbandsLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Purpose OfMonogamyUnity, God's Goal OfWivesDesign Of MarriageYouthful DevotionResidueRaising ChildrenGodly WomanSeedsRespecting Your Body




And let them having faithful masters not despise, for they are brethren; but rather let them serve, because they are faithful and dearly beloved, they having mutually received of the beneficence. These things teach and beseech. Verse ConceptsBelieversPartakersTeaching In The ChurchServing PeopleExhort OthersRespect For PeopleThose Who Had Faith



Testified of in good works; if she have brought up children, if she lodged strangers, if she washed the feet of the holy, if she relieved the pressed, if she followed every good work. Verse ConceptsFoot washingFeet Washingethics, personalProperty, HousesReputationSaintsAfflicted, Duty To ThemHospitalityWives, DressTravellersLoving ForeignersClean FeetCare Of FeetDoing GoodRaising ChildrenHelping Those In NeedPetsGrandmothers








And let them having faithful masters not despise, for they are brethren; but rather let them serve, because they are faithful and dearly beloved, they having mutually received of the beneficence. These things teach and beseech. Verse ConceptsBelieversPartakersTeaching In The ChurchServing PeopleExhort OthersRespect For PeopleThose Who Had Faith





And let them having faithful masters not despise, for they are brethren; but rather let them serve, because they are faithful and dearly beloved, they having mutually received of the beneficence. These things teach and beseech. Verse ConceptsBelieversPartakersTeaching In The ChurchServing PeopleExhort OthersRespect For PeopleThose Who Had Faith











Let the deacons be husbands of one wife, presiding well over the children and their own houses. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


And he shall not multiply to him wives, and his heart shall not turn away: and silver and gold he shall not greatly multiply to himself. Verse ConceptsGoldHeart, HumanLove, In RelationshipsPolygamySilverHuman DesiresGetting Rich

And did he not make one? And the remainder of the spirit to him. And why one? Seeking a seed of God. And ye matched in your spirit, and he shall not deal faithlessly against the wife of thy youth. Verse Conceptsdivorce, amongst believersHusbandsLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Purpose OfMonogamyUnity, God's Goal OfWivesDesign Of MarriageYouthful DevotionResidueRaising ChildrenGodly WomanSeedsRespecting Your Body


And ye said, For what? For that Jehovah testified between thee and between the wife of thy youth, which thou didst deal faithlessly against her, and she thy companion and the wife of thy covenant And did he not make one? And the remainder of the spirit to him. And why one? Seeking a seed of God. And ye matched in your spirit, and he shall not deal faithlessly against the wife of thy youth.

And having answered, he said to them, Have ye not read, that he having made from the beginning, made them male and female, And said, For this shall a man leave father and mother, and be joined to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?

And the Pharisees having come near, asked him, if it is lawful for a man to loose his wife; tempting him. And he, having answered, said to them, What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce, and to loose. read more.
And Jesus, having answered, said to them, For your hard heart he wrote you this command. And from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. For this will a man leave his father and mother, and be attached to his wife; And they two shall be in one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.



And let them having faithful masters not despise, for they are brethren; but rather let them serve, because they are faithful and dearly beloved, they having mutually received of the beneficence. These things teach and beseech. Verse ConceptsBelieversPartakersTeaching In The ChurchServing PeopleExhort OthersRespect For PeopleThose Who Had Faith



Not for kings, O Lemuel, not for kings to drink and for princes the desire of strong drink: Lest he shall drink and forget what is prescribed, and change the judgment of all the sons of affliction. Ye shall give strong drink to him perishing, and wine to the bitter of soul read more.
He shall drink and forget his poverty, and shall no more remember his toil.

Faithful the word, If any strive for superintendence, he eagerly desires a good work. Therefore an overseer must be irreprehensible, husband of one wife, sober, of sound mind, well arranged, hospitable, giving instruction; Not intoxicated, not a quarrelsome person, not occupied in sordid gain; but equitable, without fighting, exempt from avarice; read more.
Presiding well over his own house, having the children in subjection with all gravity; (And if any know not to preside over his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not newly planted, lest rendered proud he fall into condemnation of the accuser. And he must also have good testimony from them without;lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the accuser. Deacons likewise grave, not speaking equivocally, not holding to much wine, not occupied in sordid gain; Having the mystery of faith in pure consciousness. And let these also first be tried; then let them perform the office of footman, being blameless. Wives also grave, not accusers, sober, faithful in all things.

And do thou speak what becomes sound doctrine: The aged men to be sober, grave, of sound mind, sound in the faith, in love, in patience. The aged women likewise, becoming holy in a serene state of mind, not accusers, not slaves to much wine, teachers of good; read more.
That they render the young women discreet, to be lovers of the husband, lovers of the children, Of sound mind chaste, remaining at home, good subordinates to their own husbands, that the word of God be not defamed. The younger men likewise beseech to be of sound mind. Concerning all things hold thyself a type of good works: in doctrine, integrity, gravity, incorruptibility, The word sound, not to be condemned; that he from the opposite may be changed, having nothing bad to say of you. Servants to be subordinate to their own masters, to be pleasing in all things; not contradicting; Not purloining, but showing all good faith; that they may adorn the doctrine of the Saviour our God in all things. For the grace of God who saves, was manifested to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and eager worldly desires, we should live discreetly, and justly, and religiously, in the time now;


Therefore an overseer must be irreprehensible, husband of one wife, sober, of sound mind, well arranged, hospitable, giving instruction; Not intoxicated, not a quarrelsome person, not occupied in sordid gain; but equitable, without fighting, exempt from avarice;

Therefore an overseer must be irreprehensible, husband of one wife, sober, of sound mind, well arranged, hospitable, giving instruction; Not intoxicated, not a quarrelsome person, not occupied in sordid gain; but equitable, without fighting, exempt from avarice;

Testified of in good works; if she have brought up children, if she lodged strangers, if she washed the feet of the holy, if she relieved the pressed, if she followed every good work. Verse ConceptsFoot washingFeet Washingethics, personalProperty, HousesReputationSaintsAfflicted, Duty To ThemHospitalityWives, DressTravellersLoving ForeignersClean FeetCare Of FeetDoing GoodRaising ChildrenHelping Those In NeedPetsGrandmothers








And let them having faithful masters not despise, for they are brethren; but rather let them serve, because they are faithful and dearly beloved, they having mutually received of the beneficence. These things teach and beseech. Verse ConceptsBelieversPartakersTeaching In The ChurchServing PeopleExhort OthersRespect For PeopleThose Who Had Faith



Testified of in good works; if she have brought up children, if she lodged strangers, if she washed the feet of the holy, if she relieved the pressed, if she followed every good work. Verse ConceptsFoot washingFeet Washingethics, personalProperty, HousesReputationSaintsAfflicted, Duty To ThemHospitalityWives, DressTravellersLoving ForeignersClean FeetCare Of FeetDoing GoodRaising ChildrenHelping Those In NeedPetsGrandmothers






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