Thematic Bible: Affections
Thematic Bible
Affections » False teachers seek to captivate
For am I now making an appeal to people or [to] God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.
They zealously seek you, not commendably, but they want to exclude you, in order that you may seek them [zealously].
For from these are those who slip into houses and captivate foolish women loaded down with sins, led by various kinds of desires,
And in greediness they will exploit you with false words, whose condemnation [from] long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}, they entice with desires of the flesh [and] with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,
But I have a few [things] against you: that you have there those who hold fast to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat food sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.
But I have against you that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, the one who calls herself a prophetess, and teaches and deceives my slaves to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Affections » Carnal, should be mortified
For if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.
But I discipline my body and subjugate [it], lest somehow [after] preaching to others, myself should become disqualified.
Therefore put to death {what is earthly in you}: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,
Verse Concepts
GluttonyLicentiousnessCovetingFornicationAdultery, SpiritualBodily LimbsBaptism, significance ofdesiresThe Sin NatureGreed, Believers' Response ToLustLove, In RelationshipsSexual AberrationsSelf DenialMisersMortificationOpposition, To Sin And EvilPurity, Moral And SpiritualSelf DisciplineSelf IndulgenceSexualitySin, Avoidance OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InLasciviousness
Sexual ChastityCovetousness, Nature ofIdolatry Consists OfAppetite, SexualImpuritySexual RelationshipsCrucifying Our FleshEvil PassionsDeath To SelfAffection, EvilDead To SinEvil DesiresIdolatryAvoid ImmoralityNature Of IdolatryCovetousnessAffectionsexGreedMoviesSexual ImmoralityPassionBeing GaySexual Purity
not in lustful passion, just as also the Gentiles who do not know God;
Affections » Should be set upon the people of God
With regard to [the] saints who [are] in the land, they [are the] noble ones in [whom is] all my desire.
being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another [more highly] in honor,
Verse Concepts
Acts of KindnessAffection, Kinds OfBrotherly KindnessCommitment, to God's peopleHonorLove, Abuse OfLoyaltyMinistry, In The ChurchUnselfishnessBrotherhoodCaringCaring For OthersAffection For God's PeopleOutdoingHonour The HonourableLove Fellow Christians!Being Devoted to GodAffectionRespectLoving Yourself
Because of this we have been encouraged, and in addition to our encouragement, we rejoiced much more over the joy of Titus, because his spirit had been refreshed by all of you. For if I have boasted anything to him about you, I have not been put to shame, but as I have spoken everything to you in truth, thus also our boasting to Titus {has proven to be true}. And his affection for you is all the more [when he] remembers the obedience of all of you as you welcomed him with fear and trembling. read more.
I rejoice, because in everything I am completely confident in you.
I rejoice, because in everything I am completely confident in you.
Longing for you in this way, we determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you had become dear to us.
Affections » Should not grow cold
Then they believed his words; they sang his praise. They quickly forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.
and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many will grow cold.
So where [is] your blessing? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes [and] given [them] to me!
But I have [this] against you: that you have left your first love.
Affections » Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God
"Call with [the] throat; you must not keep back! lift up your voice like trumpet, and declare to my people their rebellion, and to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me day [by] day, and they desire the knowledge of my ways like a nation that {practiced} righteousness, and had not forsaken the judgment of its God; they ask me for {righteous judgments}, they desire the closeness of God.
And they come to you {as people do}, and they sit {before you}, and my people hear your words, and they do not do them, for they [are] showing passion in their mouth, but their heart [is] going after ill-gotten gain. Now, look! You [are] to them like {a sensual song}, beautiful of voice and {played well on an instrument}, and they hear your words, {but they are not doing them}.
And those on the rock [are those] who receive the word with joy when they hear [it], and these do not have [enough] root, who believe for a time and in a time of testing fall away.
Affections » Should be set upon the house and worship of God
One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.
How lovely [are] your dwelling places, O Yahweh of hosts! My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
And moreover, with respect to my provisions for the house of my God I have a treasure of gold and silver that I have given to the house of my God above all that I have provided for the holy house:
O Yahweh, I love [the] dwelling of your house, and {the place where your glory abides}.
Affections » Should be set upon the commandments of God
The precepts of Yahweh [are] right, making [the] heart rejoice. The command of Yahweh [is] pure, enlightening [the] eyes. The fear of Yahweh [is] pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of Yahweh [are] true; they are righteous altogether, more desirable than gold, even much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, even honey [in the] comb.
How I love your law! The whole day it [is] my meditation.
How smooth [are] your words to my palate, more than honey in my mouth.
My soul heeds your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
Affections » Of the wicked, are unnatural and perverted
senseless, faithless, unfeeling, unmerciful,
hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good,
and especially those who go after the flesh in defiling lust and who despise authority. Bold [and] arrogant, they do not tremble in awe [as they] blaspheme majestic beings,
Affections » Should be zealously engaged for God
because the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.
But [it is] good to be sought zealously in good at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
Affections » Of saints, supremely set on God
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
With my whole heart I have sought you; do not let me stray from your commands.
Affections » Christ claims the first place in
The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Verse Concepts
daughtersLoving Your MotherFathers, Responsibilities Ofdiscipleship, cost ofMothers, Responsibilities OfSelf SacrificeSonsHeart, Affections OfLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfLove Towards Christ, Shown ByLove For GodUnworthinessMore ThanNot Honouring ParentsThe Need To Love ChristMothersmomsLoving YourselfSelf Worth
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, {he cannot be} my disciple.
Verse Concepts
Giving, Of OneselfBad ThingsLoving Your MotherAdultery and DivorceFathers, Responsibilities Ofdiscipleship, cost ofMothers, Responsibilities OfParentsForsaking All OthersSelf SacrificeSistersFamilyHatred Between RelativesPeople's Inability To Serve GodComing To ChristNot Maintaining LifeNot HatingNot Honouring Parentsdiscipleship, nature of
Affections » Should be supremely set upon God
And you shall love Yahweh your God with all of your heart and with all of your soul and with all of your might.
And you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart and from your whole soul and from your whole mind and from your whole strength.'
And you shall hear, Israel, and be careful to observe [these instructions], so that {it may go well for you} and that you may multiply greatly, [just] as Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, {promised} you, [in] a land with milk and honey.
Affections » Carnal affections crucified in saints
knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with [him], in order that the body of sin may be done away with, [that] we may no longer be enslaved to sin.
Now those {who belong to Christ} have crucified the flesh together with its feelings and its desires.
Affections » Should be set upon heavenly things
Therefore, if you have been raised together with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not [on] the things on earth.
Affections » Blessedness of making God the object of
Because he loves me, therefore I will deliver him; I will protect him because he knows my name.
Affections » Enkindled by communion with Christ
And they said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?"
Affections » Carnal affections should be mortified
For if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.
But I discipline my body and subjugate [it], lest somehow [after] preaching to others, myself should become disqualified.
Therefore put to death {what is earthly in you}: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,
Verse Concepts
GluttonyLicentiousnessCovetingFornicationAdultery, SpiritualBodily LimbsBaptism, significance ofdesiresThe Sin NatureGreed, Believers' Response ToLustLove, In RelationshipsSexual AberrationsSelf DenialMisersMortificationOpposition, To Sin And EvilPurity, Moral And SpiritualSelf DisciplineSelf IndulgenceSexualitySin, Avoidance OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InLasciviousness
Sexual ChastityCovetousness, Nature ofIdolatry Consists OfAppetite, SexualImpuritySexual RelationshipsCrucifying Our FleshEvil PassionsDeath To SelfAffection, EvilDead To SinEvil DesiresIdolatryAvoid ImmoralityNature Of IdolatryCovetousnessAffectionsexGreedMoviesSexual ImmoralityPassionBeing GaySexual Purity
not in lustful passion, just as also the Gentiles who do not know God;
Affections » Should be set » Upon the commandments of God
The precepts of Yahweh [are] right, making [the] heart rejoice. The command of Yahweh [is] pure, enlightening [the] eyes. The fear of Yahweh [is] pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of Yahweh [are] true; they are righteous altogether, more desirable than gold, even much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, even honey [in the] comb.
How I love your law! The whole day it [is] my meditation.
How smooth [are] your words to my palate, more than honey in my mouth.
My soul heeds your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
Affections » Should be set » Upon the people of God
With regard to [the] saints who [are] in the land, they [are the] noble ones in [whom is] all my desire.
being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another [more highly] in honor,
Verse Concepts
Acts of KindnessAffection, Kinds OfBrotherly KindnessCommitment, to God's peopleHonorLove, Abuse OfLoyaltyMinistry, In The ChurchUnselfishnessBrotherhoodCaringCaring For OthersAffection For God's PeopleOutdoingHonour The HonourableLove Fellow Christians!Being Devoted to GodAffectionRespectLoving Yourself
Longing for you in this way, we determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you had become dear to us.
Because of this we have been encouraged, and in addition to our encouragement, we rejoiced much more over the joy of Titus, because his spirit had been refreshed by all of you. For if I have boasted anything to him about you, I have not been put to shame, but as I have spoken everything to you in truth, thus also our boasting to Titus {has proven to be true}. And his affection for you is all the more [when he] remembers the obedience of all of you as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
Affections » Should be set » Upon the house and worship of God
One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.
How lovely [are] your dwelling places, O Yahweh of hosts! My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
And moreover, with respect to my provisions for the house of my God I have a treasure of gold and silver that I have given to the house of my God above all that I have provided for the holy house:
O Yahweh, I love [the] dwelling of your house, and {the place where your glory abides}.
Affections » Should be set » Upon heavenly things
Therefore, if you have been raised together with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not [on] the things on earth.
Man » Possessed of » Affections
And moreover, with respect to my provisions for the house of my God I have a treasure of gold and silver that I have given to the house of my God above all that I have provided for the holy house:
Set your mind on the things above, not [on] the things on earth.
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- Food
- Heart, Affections Of
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