Thematic Bible: Adaption of truth
Thematic Bible
Adaption of truth » Paul's example
I became to the weak, as weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.
Adaption of truth » Simple truth for the immature
I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able;
Adaption of truth » Some unable to receive deeper truths
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that one should teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.
Adaption of truth » Different messages to different classes
I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
Adaption of truth » Human weakness necessitates
I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Adaption of truth » Feeding the lambs
When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.