Thematic Bible: Defined
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Creditors » Defined
But if he has done anything wrong to you, or owes you any [money], charge it to my account.
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Redemption » Defined
for you were bought [by God] for a price. So, honor God with your [physical] body.
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[Since] you people were bought for a price [i.e., the blood of Christ], do not become slaves to [other] people.
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Sin » Defined » Denunciation of
Then Paul said to the head priest, "God will hit you, you white-washed wall [i.e., you hypocrite]. Are you sitting in judgment over me according to the law of Moses and [yet] do you order me to be hit contrary to that law?"
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"It is too bad for you, Chorazin! It is too bad for you, Bethsaida! For if the powerful miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which were performed in your presence, they would have repented long ago by sitting in ashes and wearing sackcloth. [Note: This sackcloth was a coarse cloth made of goat hair and indicated deep remorse or mourning].
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and said, "You child of the devil; you enemy of all that is right; you are full of deceit and every kind of evil [thing]. When will you stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?
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Which one of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They [even] killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One [i.e., Jesus], whom you people betrayed and murdered.
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You snakes! You children of snakes! How do you expect to escape being judged [and condemned] in hell?
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But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be immersed, John said to them, "You children of snakes, who warned you to run away from the coming wrath [of God]?
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saying to them, "It is written [Isa. 56:7], 'And my house [i.e., the Temple] will be a house for prayer, but [Jer. 7:11] 'You have made it a hideout for thieves.'"
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Sin » Defined » Despised by saints
and if He rescued the righteous man Lot, who had become very disturbed by unrestrained wickedness [of the people there in Sodom].
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For I do not [really] understand what I am doing; I practice what I do not want to and I hate what I do. [Note: This highly controversial section (verses 14b-25) is here viewed as the struggles of the apostle Paul after his conversion, and by extension, of all Christians. See Bruce, pages 150ff; Murray, pages 255ff; Lard, pages 236ff].
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Sin » Defined » Contempt for others
Sin » Defined » Vain talk
Sin » Defined » Foolish thoughts
Sin » Defined » Unbelief
But the person who has doubts about eating [a certain food] is self-condemned if he [goes ahead and] eats it, because his action is not based on faith [i.e., if he lacks the conviction that he is doing what is right]. And whatever is not done with such a conviction is a sin.
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Sin » Defined » All unrighteousness
All wrongdoing is sinful, and [yet] there is a situation where [a person's] sin does not lead [him] to [spiritual] death.
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Sin » Defined » Transgression of the law
Every person who practices a life of sin is also breaking [God's] law, for sin is law-breaking.
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Sin » Defined » Neglect of opportunity
So, the person who knows the good [he ought] to be doing, but is not doing it, is sinning.
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