Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible






And the Lord said to him, Arising, go to the street which is called Straight, and seek a Tarsean, by name Saul, in the house of Judas; for, behold, he is praying, and he saw a man, Ananias by name, coming in, and putting his hands on him, in order that he may look up. And Ananias responded, Lord I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints in Jerusalem: read more.
and he here has authority from the chief priests to bind all those calling on thy name. And the Lord said to him, Go: because he is a vessel of election to me, to bear my name both before the Gentiles, and kings, and sons of Israel:

Meanwhile journeying to Damascus with power and authority of the chief priests, I saw on the way, O king, about midday, a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me; and we all having fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against goads. read more.
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou art persecuting. But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for unto this have I appeared unto thee, to make thee a minister and a martyr both of those things which thou hast seen, and of which I will appear unto thee; delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

But I speak to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry: Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtMission, Of The ChurchPreaching Gospel To ForeignersGentilesMinistry

For you have heard of my life formerly in Judaism, that I was persecuting the church of God exceedingly, and destroying it: and I was prominent in Judaism above many comrades in my race, being exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. When the one having separated me, from the womb of my mother, and called me through his grace, was pleased read more.
to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:











For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace was not vain toward me; but I have labored more abundantly than they all: and not I, but the grace of God with me.


Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling with which you are called, with all humility and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in divine love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. read more.
There is one body and one Spirit, as ye indeed are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and above you all, and in all. And to each one of you grace is given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

According to the grace of God which was given unto me, I as a wise architect, laid the foundation; and another builds on it. Let each one take heed how he builds. Verse ConceptsFoundationsCraftsmenGrace, And Christian LifePaul, Apostle To GentilesGod, Grace OfNames And Titles For The ChurchThe Foundation Of The ChurchBuilding Up The ChurchTaking HeedThe Grace Given To MenWise Men In The Churchconstruction

and having known the grace of God which was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, who seem to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision; Verse ConceptsFellowship, In Christian ServiceFellowship, Among BelieversApostles, Function In Early ChurchGrace, And Christian LifePaul, Apostle To GentilesPillarsCompanionshipMissionary WorkMetaphorical PillarsBlessings For The Right HandThe Gospel To Jew And Gentilepartnership



But I have written unto you more boldly in part, as reminding you, on account of the grace which has been given unto me from God, Verse ConceptsBoldness, To PeopleGrace, And Christian LifeRemindersReminders Of The GospelWriting LettersBeing StrongThe Grace Given To MenBoldness

























But I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood are not able to inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I speak to you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. read more.
For it behooves this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality. But when this corruptible may put on incorruption, and this mortal may put on immorality, then shall the word which has been written be fulfilled, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting? But the sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be unto God, who gives us our victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.


But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nought: but we speak the wisdom of God having been hidden in a mystery, which God predestinated before the ages unto our glory: which no one of the princes of this age knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from the generations: but is now made manifest to his saints, to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, who is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

To Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery having been hidden during the eternal times, but having now indeed been made manifest, through the prophetical scriptures, and having been made known to all the Gentiles, according to the commandment of the eternal God, unto the obedience of faith;


but in the day of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, and the mystery of God may be finished, when he has preached the gospel to his servants the prophets. Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfMysterySeventhGod Spoke By The ProphetsSlaves Of GodRevelation Through ProphetsEnd Of DaysFinishing Strongprophetsevangelizingfulfillment


I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So neither is the one planting, nor the one watering anything, but God the one giving the increase. But he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.


for the one having wrought with Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision also wrought with me unto the Gentiles: Verse ConceptsPaul As An ApostleMinistry, Qualifications ForPeter, The ApostleThe Gospel To Jew And GentileGod's Work In UsMinistryempowerment



I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So neither is the one planting, nor the one watering anything, but God the one giving the increase. But he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.


for the one having wrought with Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision also wrought with me unto the Gentiles: Verse ConceptsPaul As An ApostleMinistry, Qualifications ForPeter, The ApostleThe Gospel To Jew And GentileGod's Work In UsMinistryempowerment











To Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery having been hidden during the eternal times, but having now indeed been made manifest, through the prophetical scriptures, and having been made known to all the Gentiles, according to the commandment of the eternal God, unto the obedience of faith;


Concerning which salvation the prophets, who prophesied concerning the grace towards you, sought out and investigated, searching into what, or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ who was in them, witnessing the sufferings towards Christ, and the glories after these, did show: to whom it was revealed, because they were ministering not these things for themselves, but for you, which are now proclaimed unto you by those who preach to you the gospel with the Holy Ghost having been sent from heaven; into which things the angels desire to look down.