Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible







"And," said Peter, "no sooner had I begun to speak than the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He fell upon us at the first. Then I remembered the Lord's words, how He used to say, "'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.' "If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we first believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, why, who was I to be able to thwart God?"

For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people, Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfLove, For One AnotherSpiritual VitalityAgape LoveStrong Faith In ChristLove Exists Between PeopleFaithHope And FaithHaving FaithUnconditional LoveHope And LoveFaith In God


by the proclamation of the truth, by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness, wielded in both hands; Verse ConceptsArmor of GodPower Through GodArmourWeaponsTruthArmor, SpiritualWeapons Of The BelieverGod's Word Is TruePurityPowerStrugglesThe Power Of WordsSpeecharmor









The Spirit Himself bears witness, along with our own spirits, to the fact that we are children of God; and if children, then heirs too--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ; if indeed we are sharers in Christ's sufferings, in order that we may also be sharers in His glory.



In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose might carries out in everything the design of His own will, so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ. And in Him you Gentiles also, after listening to the Message of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--having believed in Him--were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit; read more.
that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption--the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory.












So after discharging this duty, and making sure that these kind gifts reach those for whom they are intended, I shall start for Spain, passing through Rome on my way there; Verse ConceptsThe Completion Of RedemptionCompletion

"Injure neither land nor sea nor trees," he said, "until we have sealed the bondservants of our God upon their foreheads." When the sealing was finished, I heard how many were sealed out of the tribes of the descendants of Israel. They were 144,000.








And in Him you Gentiles also, after listening to the Message of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--having believed in Him--were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit; that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption--the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory.