Thematic Bible: Defined
Thematic Bible
Creditors » Defined
But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;
Redemption » Defined
You were bought with a price [you were actually purchased with the precious blood of Jesus and made His own]. So then, honor and glorify God with your body.
You were bought with a price [a precious price paid by Christ]; do not become slaves to men [but to Christ].
Sin » Defined » Denunciation of
Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you actually sit to judge me according to the Law, and yet in violation of the Law order me to be struck?”
and said, “You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the [divine] wrath and judgment to come?
therefore, listen, I will gather all your lovers (pagan allies) with whom you took pleasure, and all those whom you loved with all those whom you hated; I will even gather them against you from every direction and will expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness [making you, Israel, an object of loathing and of mockery, a spectacle among the nations].
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a robbers’ den.”
Sin » Defined » Despised by saints
I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes.
I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path];
It will not grasp hold of me.
and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was tormented by the immoral conduct of unprincipled and ungodly men
From Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.
Samekh.
I hate those who are double-minded,
But I love and treasure Your law.
I hate those who are double-minded,
But I love and treasure Your law.
“The [reverent] fear and worshipful awe of the Lord includes the hatred of evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way,
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity].
Sin » Defined » Contempt for others
He who despises his neighbor sins [against God and his fellow man],
But happy [blessed and favored by God] is he who is gracious and merciful to the poor.
Sin » Defined » Vain talk
When there are many words, transgression and offense are unavoidable,
But he who controls his lips and keeps thoughtful silence is wise.
Sin » Defined » Foolish thoughts
The devising of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is repulsive to men.
Sin » Defined » Unbelief
But he who is uncertain [about eating a particular thing] is condemned if he eats, because he is not acting from faith. Whatever is not from faith is sin [whatever is done with doubt is sinful].
Sin » Defined » All unrighteousness
All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death [one can repent of it and be forgiven].
Sin » Defined » Transgression of the law
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness [ignoring God’s law by action or neglect or by tolerating wrongdoing—being unrestrained by His commands and His will].
Sin » Defined » Neglect of opportunity
So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.