Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Gentiles/heathen » The apostle of the gentiles/heathen
of which I was made a herald and an apostle,?? speak the truth, I lie not,?? teacher of nations in faith and truth.
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And the Lord said to him, Arise and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for [a man] by the name of Saul of Tarsus; for behold, he prays, and has seen a man by the name of Ananias coming and putting a hand on him, that he might receive his sight. And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem; read more.
and here he has power from the chief priests to bind all that call on your name. But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name both before nations and kings, and the children of Israel;
and here he has power from the chief priests to bind all that call on your name. But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name both before nations and kings, and the children of Israel;
In which [persecutions] also, going to Damascus with authority, and a commission from the chief priests, at midday I saw in the way O king, a light from heaven shining around me and those going with me, exceeding the brightness of the sun; and when we had all fallen on the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the goads. read more.
And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and witness both of what you have seen and [of visions ] in which I will appear to you, delivering you from the people, and the gentiles, to whom I send you to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among the sanctified by faith in me.
And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and witness both of what you have seen and [of visions ] in which I will appear to you, delivering you from the people, and the gentiles, to whom I send you to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among the sanctified by faith in me.
For I speak to you, gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle of the gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
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For you heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism, that I greatly persecuted the church of God and destroyed it; and was a proficient in Judaism beyond many of my age among my people, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. But when God who gave me being and called me by his grace, read more.
was pleased to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the gentiles, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,
was pleased to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the gentiles, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,
For this cause I Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ for you gentiles, if indeed you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God given to me for you, that by revelation the mystery was made known to me,??s I wrote before in a few words, read more.
by reading which you can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,??5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, of which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his power. To me, who am the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ,
by reading which you can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,??5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, of which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his power. To me, who am the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ,
Grace » Who the lord gives grace to
Let the younger in like manner be subject to the elder, and do you all be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility; for God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
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But he gives more grace; wherefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
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For I am the least of the apostles, and 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 to me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all, but not I but the grace of God with me.
of which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his power. To me, who am the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ,
I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love, using diligence to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. read more.
There is one body, and one spirit, as you also are called in one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. And to each one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
There is one body, and one spirit, as you also are called in one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. And to each one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Mystery » The mystery of God
But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor shall destruction inherit indestructibleness. Behold, I tell 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 be raised, indestructible, and we shall be changed. read more.
For this destructible must put on indestructibleness, and this mortal must put on immortality. And when this destructible has put on indestructibleness, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall the word be accomplished that is written; Death was swallowed up in victory. Where, death, is your sting? where, death, is your victory? And the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
For this destructible must put on indestructibleness, and this mortal must put on immortality. And when this destructible has put on indestructibleness, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall the word be accomplished that is written; Death was swallowed up in victory. Where, death, is your sting? where, death, is your victory? And the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
But we speak wisdom among the perfect, but not the wisdom of this life, nor of the rulers of this life, who are destroyed; but we speak a wisdom of God hid in mystery, which God appointed from eternity for our glory, which none of the rulers of this life knew, for if they had known they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
the mystery concealed from ages and from generations, but now it has been manifested to his saints, to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,
And to him that is able to confirm you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery not revealed in ancient times, but made manifest now by the scriptures of the prophets, by the command of the eternal God, for the obedience of the faith among all nations,
For this cause I Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ for you gentiles, if indeed you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God given to me for you, that by revelation the mystery was made known to me,??s I wrote before in a few words, read more.
by reading which you can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,??5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, of which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his power. To me, who am the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to enlighten all men as to the dispensation of the mystery concealed from eternity in God who created all things,
by reading which you can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,??5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, of which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his power. To me, who am the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to enlighten all men as to the dispensation of the mystery concealed from eternity in God who created all things,
but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God shall be finished, as he told his servants the prophets.
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Preciousness of Christ » Unsearchable
To me, who am the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ,
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Resurrection » What the lord has revealed
And to him that is able to confirm you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery not revealed in ancient times, but made manifest now by the scriptures of the prophets, by the command of the eternal God, for the obedience of the faith among all nations,
For this cause I Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ for you gentiles, if indeed you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God given to me for you, that by revelation the mystery was made known to me,??s I wrote before in a few words, read more.
by reading which you can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,??5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, of which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his power. To me, who am the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to enlighten all men as to the dispensation of the mystery concealed from eternity in God who created all things,
by reading which you can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,??5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, of which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his power. To me, who am the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to enlighten all men as to the dispensation of the mystery concealed from eternity in God who created all things,
Concerning which salvation the prophets also who prophesied concerning the grace [bestowed] on us inquired diligently and sought, inquiring as to what person or what time the Spirit of Christ which was in them signified, when it declared before the sufferings of Christ and after these the glories, to whom it was revealed that they ministered not to themselves but to us those things which have now been declared to you by those who preached to you the good news, with the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, into which the angels desire to look.
Riches » The true riches
To you therefore who believe he is precious; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the head of a corner
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But you are of him in Christ Jesus, who has become to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption,
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in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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To me, who am the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ,
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Riches, spiritual » General references to » Unsearchable
To me, who am the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ,
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Spiritual » Riches general references to » Unsearchable
To me, who am the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ,
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