Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Gifts » From God » To be cultivated
Stop neglecting the gift you received, which was given you through prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands upon you.
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For this reason I now remind you to rekindle and keep burning the fire of the divine gift which came upon you when I laid my hands upon you.
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The man who had received the five thousand dollars came up and brought him five thousand more, saying, 'You turned over to me five thousand dollars; here are five thousand more I made.'
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But make it your habit to let worldly and old women's stories alone. Continue training yourself for the religious life.
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Godliness » Exhortations concerning
because His divine power has given us everything that is needful for life and piety, through our full knowledge of Him who through His glory and excellence has called us to Him.
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If anyone teaches different doctrines and refuses to agree with the wholesome messages of our Lord Jesus Christ, the teaching that is in accordance with true religion,
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But you, as a man of God, must be fleeing always from these things; you must constantly strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
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If all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what men you ought to be! What holy and pious lives you ought to lead,
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training us to give up godless ways and worldly cravings and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,
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But make it your habit to let worldly and old women's stories alone. Continue training yourself for the religious life.
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First of all, then, I urge that entreaties, prayers, and thanksgiving be offered for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead peaceful, quiet lives in perfect piety and seriousness.
Sarcasm » Instances of » Paul
But make it your habit to let worldly and old women's stories alone. Continue training yourself for the religious life.
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Spiritual » Enlargement » Exercise
The man who had received the five thousand dollars at once went out and invested it, and made five thousand more.
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For this reason I now remind you to rekindle and keep burning the fire of the divine gift which came upon you when I laid my hands upon you.
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But make it your habit to let worldly and old women's stories alone. Continue training yourself for the religious life.
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Spirituality » Godliness, exhortations concerning
because His divine power has given us everything that is needful for life and piety, through our full knowledge of Him who through His glory and excellence has called us to Him.
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If anyone teaches different doctrines and refuses to agree with the wholesome messages of our Lord Jesus Christ, the teaching that is in accordance with true religion,
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But you, as a man of God, must be fleeing always from these things; you must constantly strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
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If all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what men you ought to be! What holy and pious lives you ought to lead,
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training us to give up godless ways and worldly cravings and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,
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But make it your habit to let worldly and old women's stories alone. Continue training yourself for the religious life.
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First of all, then, I urge that entreaties, prayers, and thanksgiving be offered for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead peaceful, quiet lives in perfect piety and seriousness.
Tradition » Not authoritative
to stop devoting themselves to myths and never-ending pedigrees, for such things lead to controversies rather than stimulate our trusteeship to God through faith.
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But make it your habit to let worldly and old women's stories alone. Continue training yourself for the religious life.
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But He answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of the rules that have been handed down to you? For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'Whoever curses his father or mother must certainly be put to death.' But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Everything I have that might be used for helping you, is devoted to God," read more.
is under no obligation at all to help his parent.' So you have set aside what God has said for the sake of what has been handed down to you. You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied beautifully about you, when he said: "'This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far, far away from me; Their worship of me is an empty show; the things they teach are only men's precepts.'" And He called the people to Him and said, "Listen to this and learn it! It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him foul; no, it is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him foul." Then His disciples came up to Him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were knocked breathless to hear what you have just said?" He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant must be rooted up. Let them alone. They are blind teachers! And if one blind man guides another, they will both fall into the ditch." Then Peter said to Him, "Explain the maxim for us." And He said, "Are you too, even yet, without understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and afterwards into the waste? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they make the man foul. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, immorality, stealing, false witnessing, irreverent speech. These are the things that make a man foul, but eating with unwashed hands does not make a man foul."
is under no obligation at all to help his parent.' So you have set aside what God has said for the sake of what has been handed down to you. You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied beautifully about you, when he said: "'This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far, far away from me; Their worship of me is an empty show; the things they teach are only men's precepts.'" And He called the people to Him and said, "Listen to this and learn it! It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him foul; no, it is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him foul." Then His disciples came up to Him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were knocked breathless to hear what you have just said?" He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant must be rooted up. Let them alone. They are blind teachers! And if one blind man guides another, they will both fall into the ditch." Then Peter said to Him, "Explain the maxim for us." And He said, "Are you too, even yet, without understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and afterwards into the waste? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they make the man foul. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, immorality, stealing, false witnessing, irreverent speech. These are the things that make a man foul, but eating with unwashed hands does not make a man foul."