Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible




The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.



Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?





Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.


For some of these are people who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.






Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.





Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient, in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth, and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.



The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.



Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?





The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.



Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?





Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.