Thematic Bible: Doer


Thematic Bible






It is not those who hear the words of a Law that are righteous before God, but it is those who obey it that will be pronounced righteous. When Gentiles, who have no Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they, though they have no Law, are a Law to themselves; For they show the demands of the Law written upon their hearts; their consciences corroborating it, while in their thoughts they argue either in self-accusation or, it may be, in self- defense--

And now I want you to complete the work, so that its completion may correspond with your willing readiness--in proportion, of course, to your means. Verse ConceptsCollectionseagernessdiligenceAlmsgivingAltruismCharityRight DesiresPeople WillingMan's Work FinishedStaying StrongFinishing Strongaccomplishmentsaccomplishmentperformancefinishing

Put that Message into practice, and do not merely listen to it--deceiving yourselves. For, when any one listens to it and does not practice it, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror. He looks at himself, then goes on his way, read more.
But he who looks carefully into the perfect Law, the Law of Freedom, and continues to do so, not listening to it and then forgetting it, but putting it into practice--that man will be blessed in what he does. When a man appears to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue, but imposes upon his own conscience, that man's religious observances are valueless. That religious observance which is pure and spotless in the eyes of God our Father is this--to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the world.

Do not disparage one another, Brothers. He who disparages his Brother, or passes judgment on his Brother, disparages the Law and passes judgment on the Law. But, if you pass judgment on the Law, you are not obeying it, but judging it. Verse ConceptsBackbitingCommitment, to God's peopleEvil SpeakingGossipInjurySpeech, Negative Aspects OfObscenitySpeaking, EvilAbraham, New Testament ReferencesSlanderUncharitablenessBackstabbersNot JudgingIf You Do Not Keep CommandsSiblingsFake FriendsBrothers LoveConfidence And Self EsteemSibling Lovecriticismgrandmas