Thematic Bible: Affections

For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. Verse Concepts

They make much of you, but for no good purpose. They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them. Verse Concepts

For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, Verse Concepts

And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. Verse Concepts

For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error. Verse Concepts

But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality. Verse Concepts

But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servantsto practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. Verse Concepts

For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Verse Concepts

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. Verse Concepts

But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. Verse Concepts

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Verse Concepts

not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; Verse Concepts

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. Verse Concepts

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Verse Concepts

Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. For whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true. And his affection for you is even greater, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling. read more.
I rejoice, because I have perfect confidence in you.

So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. Verse Concepts

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

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

What then has become of the blessing you felt? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have gouged out your eyes and given them to me. Verse Concepts

But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Verse Concepts

"Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.

And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away. Verse Concepts

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

How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God: Verse Concepts

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

the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

My soul is consumed with longing for your rules at all times. Verse Concepts

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day. Verse Concepts

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

My soul keeps your testimonies; I love them exceedingly. Verse Concepts

foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Verse Concepts

heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, Verse Concepts

and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones, Verse Concepts

For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me. Verse Concepts

My zeal consumes me, because my foes forget your words. Verse Concepts

It is always good to be made much of for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you, Verse Concepts

As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. Verse Concepts

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. Verse Concepts

With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! Verse Concepts

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Verse Concepts

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Verse Concepts

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Verse Concepts

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' Verse Concepts

Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. Verse Concepts

We know that our old selfwas crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. Verse Concepts

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Verse Concepts

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

"Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. Verse Concepts

They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?" Verse Concepts