Thematic Bible: Affections

For do I now trust men or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I were still pleasing men I would not be a bondman of Christ. Verse Concepts

They are zealous for you but not honorably. They want to exclude you, so that ye may be zealous for them. Verse Concepts

for from these are those who creep into houses, and take captive petty women laden with sins, being led away by various impulses, Verse Concepts

And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber. Verse Concepts

For, uttering swollen things of vanity, they entice (to sensuality by lusts of flesh) those who actually escaped from those who live in error, Verse Concepts

But I have a few things against thee, because thou have there men who adhere to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a snare before the sons of Israel, even to eat idol sacrifices, and to fornicate. Verse Concepts

Nevertheless, I have against thee that thou tolerate thy woman Jezebel. She calls herself a prophetess, and teaches and leads astray my bondmen to fornicate, and to eat idol sacrifices. Verse Concepts

For if ye live according to flesh, ye are going to die, but if in spirit ye kill the deeds of the body, ye will live. Verse Concepts

But clothe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no forethought for lusts of the flesh. Verse Concepts

But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified. Verse Concepts

Put to death therefore your body-parts on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. Verse Concepts

not in passion of lust, as also the Gentiles who have not known God, Verse Concepts

As for the sanctified who are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight. Verse Concepts

with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition, Verse Concepts

Because of this we have been encouraged. And from your encouragement, we rejoiced to a greater degree more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. Because, if I have boasted anything to him about you, I am not ashamed, but as we spoke all things in truth to you, so also our boast to Titus became truth. And his bowels are more abundant toward you, remembering the obedience of you all, how ye received him with fear and trembling. read more.
I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything.

Thus being desirous of you, we were pleased to impart to you, not only the good-news of God, but also our own souls, because ye have become beloved to us. Verse Concepts

Then they believed his words. They sang his praise. They soon forgot his works. They did not wait for his counsel,

And because of the increased lawlessness, the love of the many will become cold. Verse Concepts

Where then is your satisfaction? For I testify to you, that if possible, having plucked your eyes out, ye would have given them to me. Verse Concepts

Nevertheless, I have against thee because thou left thy first love. Verse Concepts

Cry aloud, spare not. Lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people. And they hear thy words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain. And, lo, thou are to them as a very lovely song of he who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument. For they hear thy words, but they do not do them.

And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no root, who believe for a time, and withdraw in time of trial. Verse Concepts

One thing I have asked of LORD, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of LORD, and to inquire in his temple. Verse Concepts

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out to the living God.

Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, Verse Concepts

LORD, I love the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwells. Verse Concepts

The precepts of LORD are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of LORD is clean, enduring forever. The ordinances of LORD are true, [and] righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold. Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.

My soul breaks for the longing that it has to thine ordinances at all times. Verse Concepts

O how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day. Verse Concepts

How sweet are thy words to my taste, than honey to my mouth! Verse Concepts

My soul has observed thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. Verse Concepts

without understanding, untrustworthy, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful. Verse Concepts

devoid of natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, no lovers of good, Verse Concepts

And especially those going rear of flesh in a degenerate lust, and who despise lordship. Reckless, self-willed men, they do not tremble when speaking evil of dignities. Verse Concepts

For the zeal of thy house has eaten me up, and the reproaches of those who reproach thee have fallen upon me. Verse Concepts

My zeal has consumed me, because my adversaries have forgotten thy words. Verse Concepts

But to be zealous of is always good in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. Verse Concepts

As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after thee, O God. Verse Concepts

Whom have I in heaven? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. Verse Concepts

With my whole heart I have sought thee. O let me not wander from thy commandments. Verse Concepts

He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. Verse Concepts

If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Verse Concepts

And thou shall love LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Verse Concepts

and thou shall love Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole mind, and from thy whole strength. This is the first commandment. Verse Concepts

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it, that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as LORD, the God of thy fathers, has promised to thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey. Verse Concepts

Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, so that the body of sin might be inactivated, no longer to enslave us to sin. Verse Concepts

And those of the Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and the lusts. Verse Concepts

If therefore ye were raised with the Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Think on the things above, not the things on the earth.

Because he has set his love upon me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high because he has known my name. Verse Concepts

And they said to each other, Was not our heart burning within us while he spoke to us on the way, while he opened to us the scriptures? Verse Concepts