Thematic Bible: Figurative
Thematic Bible
Adultery » Figurative
Advocate » Figurative
My dear children, I am writing you this so that you may not sin; yet if anyone ever sins, we have One who pleads our case with the Father, Jesus Christ, One who is righteous.
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Agriculture » Figurative » Parable » Of the sower
And in stories, by way of comparison, He told them many things, as He continued to speak: "A sower went out to sow, and as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up, and some fell upon rocky ground where they did not have much soil, and at once they sprang up, because there was no depth of soil, read more.
and when the sun was up they were scorched and dried up, because they had no root. And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them out. And some fell in rich soil, and yielded a crop, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty-fold.
and when the sun was up they were scorched and dried up, because they had no root. And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them out. And some fell in rich soil, and yielded a crop, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty-fold.
When anyone hears the message of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and carries off the seed that was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. And what was sown upon the thin rocky soil illustrates the man who hears the message and bubbling over with joy at once accepts it, but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls. read more.
And what was sown among the thorns illustrates the man who hears the message, and the worries of the times and the pleasures of being rich choke the truth out, and he yields no fruit. And what was sown in rich soil illustrates the man who hears the message and understands it, and yields fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, another thirty-fold."
And what was sown among the thorns illustrates the man who hears the message, and the worries of the times and the pleasures of being rich choke the truth out, and he yields no fruit. And what was sown in rich soil illustrates the man who hears the message and understands it, and yields fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, another thirty-fold."
"A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and were trodden down, and the wild birds ate them up. Another portion of them fell upon the rock, and as soon as they sprang up, they withered, because they had no moisture. Still another portion fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with them and choked them out. read more.
And another portion fell in rich soil and grew and yielded a crop of a hundredfold." As He said this, He exclaimed, "Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!" His disciples were asking Him what this story meant. So He said, "You are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others they are told in stories, so that they may look and not see, may hear and not understand. This is what the story means: The seed is God's message. Those along the path illustrate those who hear it, but then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved. The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away. And the portion of them falling among the thorns illustrates those who hear it, but as soon as they pass on they are choked out by the worries and wealth and pleasures of life, and thus yield no mature fruit. But the portion in rich soil illustrates those who listen to the message, keep it in good and honest hearts, and in patience yield fruit.
And another portion fell in rich soil and grew and yielded a crop of a hundredfold." As He said this, He exclaimed, "Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!" His disciples were asking Him what this story meant. So He said, "You are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others they are told in stories, so that they may look and not see, may hear and not understand. This is what the story means: The seed is God's message. Those along the path illustrate those who hear it, but then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved. The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away. And the portion of them falling among the thorns illustrates those who hear it, but as soon as they pass on they are choked out by the worries and wealth and pleasures of life, and thus yield no mature fruit. But the portion in rich soil illustrates those who listen to the message, keep it in good and honest hearts, and in patience yield fruit.
Agriculture » Figurative » Parable » Of the tares
He told them another story, as follows: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed seed in his field. But while the world was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed wild wheat seed in the midst of the good seed, and went away. And when the wheat plants grew up and yielded their ripened grain, the wild wheat plants appeared too. read more.
And the farmer's slaves came up to him and said, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where did the wild wheat plants come from?' He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' Then they said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them?' And he said, 'No, never, for while you are gathering the wild wheat plants you might root up the good ones with them. Let them both grow together until harvest time, and at the harvest time I will order the reapers, "Gather first the wild wheat plants and tie them into bundles to be burned up, but get the wheat into my barn."'"
And the farmer's slaves came up to him and said, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where did the wild wheat plants come from?' He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' Then they said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them?' And he said, 'No, never, for while you are gathering the wild wheat plants you might root up the good ones with them. Let them both grow together until harvest time, and at the harvest time I will order the reapers, "Gather first the wild wheat plants and tie them into bundles to be burned up, but get the wheat into my barn."'"
Then He left the crowds and went into His house. And His disciples came up to Him and said, "Explain to us the story of the wild wheat in the field." And He answered: "The sower of the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world; the good seed are the members of the kingdom; the wild wheat seed are the followers of the wicked one. read more.
The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the close of the age, the reapers are angels. Just as the wild wheat plants are gathered and burned up, so it will be at the close of the age. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all those who cause wrongdoing, and the wrongdoers, and will throw them into the furnace of torturing punishment; there they will wail and grind their teeth. Then the upright will shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears listen!
The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the close of the age, the reapers are angels. Just as the wild wheat plants are gathered and burned up, so it will be at the close of the age. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all those who cause wrongdoing, and the wrongdoers, and will throw them into the furnace of torturing punishment; there they will wail and grind their teeth. Then the upright will shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears listen!
Agriculture » Figurative » Sowing wheat, but reaping thorns
Agriculture » Figurative » Fallow ground
Ambassadors » Figurative
So I am an envoy to represent Christ, because it is through me that God is making His appeal. As one representing Christ I beg you, be reconciled to God.
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for the sake of which I am an envoy in prison: so that, when I tell it, I may speak as courageously as I ought.
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Ambush » Figurative
Ammi » Figurative » Name » Israel
Anchor » Figurative
This hope we have as an anchor for our souls, secure and safe, which reaches up behind the heavenly veil,
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Anointing » Figurative » Of Christ's kingly and priestly office
how God consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and then He went about doing good and curing all who were overpowered by the devil, because God was with Him.
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"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for He has consecrated me to preach the good news to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to captives and recovery of sight to the blind; to send the downtrodden away in liberty and
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"For in this city they actually met against your holy Servant Jesus, whom you had consecrated -- Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen and the peoples of Israel,
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You loved the right and hated wrong; so God, your God, anointed you, with oil of exultation beyond all your companions."
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Anointing » Figurative
But it is God who makes us as well as you secure through union with Christ, and has anointed us,
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But you have been anointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth;
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The anointing of the Spirit which you received still remains in your hearts, and so you have no need that anyone should teach you. But just as that anointing of His teaches you about everything, and as it is true and no falsehood, and as it has taught you to do so, you must continue to live in union with Him.
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Anointing » Figurative » Of spiritual gifts
But it is God who makes us as well as you secure through union with Christ, and has anointed us,
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But you have been anointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth;
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The anointing of the Spirit which you received still remains in your hearts, and so you have no need that anyone should teach you. But just as that anointing of His teaches you about everything, and as it is true and no falsehood, and as it has taught you to do so, you must continue to live in union with Him.
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Architecture » Figurative
In union with Him the whole building is harmoniously fitted together and continues to grow into a temple, sacred through its union with the Lord, and you yourselves, in union with Him, in fellowship with one another, are being built up into a dwelling for God through the Spirit.
Armies » Figurative
The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard their number.
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Armor » Figurative
but let us who belong to the day keep sober, clothed with faith and love for a coat of mail and with the hope of salvation for a helmet.
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The night has almost passed; the day is at hand. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
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my message of truth, and the power of God; with the weapons of right-doing in my right hand and my left;
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for the weapons used in my warfare are not mere human ones, but through my God are mighty for demolishing fortresses.
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You must put on God's full armor, so as to be able to stand up against the devil's stratagems. For our contest is not with human foes alone, but with the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark world; that is, with the spirit-forces of evil challenging us in the heavenly contest. So you must take on God's full armor, so as to be able to take a stand in the day when evil attacks you, and, after having completely finished the contest, to hold your own. read more.
Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail, and put on your feet the preparation the good news of peace supplies. Besides all these, take on the shield which faith provides, for with it you will be able to put out all the fire-tipped arrows shot by the evil one, take the helmet salvation provides, and take the sword the Spirit wields, which is the word of God.
Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail, and put on your feet the preparation the good news of peace supplies. Besides all these, take on the shield which faith provides, for with it you will be able to put out all the fire-tipped arrows shot by the evil one, take the helmet salvation provides, and take the sword the Spirit wields, which is the word of God.
Armory » Figurative
Arrow » Figurative
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Ax » Figurative
Now the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Every tree then that fails to bear good fruit is to be cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Babes » Figurative » Of weak Christians
a tutor of the foolish, a teacher of the young, since you have a knowledge of the truth as formulated in the law --
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So I myself, brothers, could not deal with you as spiritual persons, but as creatures of human clay, as merely baby Christians.
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For everyone who uses milk alone is inexperienced in the message of right-doing; he is only an infant.
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and like new-born babies thirst for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to final salvation,
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Babylon » Figurative
Then a second angel followed, saying: "She has fallen! Mighty Babylon has fallen, who made all the nations drink the wine of vengeance due her immorality!"
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The great city was broken into three parts; the cities of the heathen fell, and God remembered to give mighty Babylon the cup of the wine of His raging wrath,
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Balances » Figurative
When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature, say, "Come!" I looked, and a black horse appeared, and its rider was carrying a pair of scales in his hands,
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Bastard » Figurative
Now if you are without any discipline, in which all true sons share, you are only illegitimate children and not true sons.
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Beam » Figurative
Why do you keep watching the tiny speck in your brother's eye, but pay no attention to the girder in your own?
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Why do you continue to look at the tiny speck in your brother's eye, but pay no attention to the heavy girder in your own eye?
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Bear » Figurative
The wild beast which I saw was like a leopard, but his feet were like a bear's, and his mouth was like a lion's mouth. To him the dragon gave his own power and throne with great authority.
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Bed » Figurative
Birds » Figurative
Birds » Figurative » Symbolical
Blackness » Figurative
Blackness » Figurative » Blackness of darkness
wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shame; wandering stars that are forever doomed to utter darkness.
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Blasting » Figurative
Blemish » Figurative
that He might present the church to Himself as a splendid bride without a blot or wrinkle or anything like it, but to be consecrated and faultless.
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but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without a blemish or a blot,
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Blood » Figurative » Of guilt
Blood » Figurative » Of judgments
Because they have shed the blood of your people and prophets, you have given them blood to drink; they deserve it."
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Blood » Figurative » Of oppression and cruelty
Blood » Figurative » Of destruction
Blood » Figurative » Of victories
Bow » Figurative
Then I looked, and a white horse appeared, and his rider was carrying a bow. A crown was given to him, and he rode forth conquering and to conquer.
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Bowels » Figurative » Of the sensibilities
But if anyone has the world's means of supporting life and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can love to God remain in him?
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For God is my witness how I never stop yearning for all of you with the affection Christ Jesus inspires.
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So, if there is any appeal in our union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if we have any common share in the Spirit, if you have any tenderheartedness and sympathy,
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So as God's own chosen people, consecrated and dearly loved, you must once for all clothe yourselves with tenderheartedness, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience; you must keep on
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Bowl » Figurative
Boxing » Figurative
So that is the way I run, with no uncertainty as to winning. That is the way I box, not like one that punches the air.
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Bracelet » Figurative
Branch » Figurative » A title of Christ
Branch » Figurative » Pruning of
If anyone does not remain in union with me, he is thrown away as a mere branch and is dried up; then it is picked up and thrown into the fire and burned up.
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If some of the branches have been broken off, and yet you, although you were wild olive suckers, have been grafted in among the native branches, and been made to share the rich sap of the native olive's root,
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for if God did not spare the natural branches, certainly He will not spare you.
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Branch » Figurative
He cuts away any branch on me that stops bearing fruit, and He repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more. You are already pruned because of the teaching that I have given you. You must remain in union with me and I will remain in union with you. Just as no branch by itself can bear fruit unless it remains united to the vine, so you cannot unless you remain in union with me. read more.
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in union with me and I in union with him will bear abundant fruit, because you cannot do anything cut off from union with me.
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in union with me and I in union with him will bear abundant fruit, because you cannot do anything cut off from union with me.
Branch » Figurative » Fruitless, cut off
He cuts away any branch on me that stops bearing fruit, and He repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more.
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If anyone does not remain in union with me, he is thrown away as a mere branch and is dried up; then it is picked up and thrown into the fire and burned up.
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Branch » Figurative » Symbolic name of joshua
Brass » Figurative
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His feet were like bronze refined to white heat in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
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Bread » Figurative
Because there is only one loaf, so we, though many, are only one body, for we all partake of one loaf.
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He who always supplies the sower with seed and the eater with bread will supply you with seed and multiply it and enlarge the harvest which your deeds of charity yield.
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Bread » Figurative » Christ
Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the real bread out of heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the real bread out of heaven, for the bread that God gives is what comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world." Then they said to Him, "Give us that bread always, sir!" read more.
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never get hungry, and whoever believes in me will never get thirsty.
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never get hungry, and whoever believes in me will never get thirsty.
Breastplate » Figurative
but let us who belong to the day keep sober, clothed with faith and love for a coat of mail and with the hope of salvation for a helmet.
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Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail,
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Breastplate » Armor for soldiers » Figurative
but let us who belong to the day keep sober, clothed with faith and love for a coat of mail and with the hope of salvation for a helmet.
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Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail,
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Breath » Figurative
Bride » Figurative
And I saw the new Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride to join her husband.
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The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." Let everyone who hears this say, "Come." Let everyone who is thirsty come. Let everyone who wishes come and take the living water without any cost.
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Let us be glad and shout for joy and give Him glory, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. Permission has been granted her to dress in clean, brilliant linen, for linen signifies the upright deeds of God's people."
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls that were full of the seven plagues came and talked with me, and said, "Come; I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."
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Bridegroom » Figurative
Bridle » Figurative
If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious worship is worthless.
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Brier » Figurative
Brimstone » Figurative
Then the wild beast was captured and with him the false prophet who performed wonders in his presence, by which he led astray those who let the mark of the wild beast be put on them and worshiped his statue. Both of them were hurled alive into the fiery lake that burns with brimstone.
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In my vision the horses and the horsemen looked like this: Their breastplates were red, blue, and yellow; the horses' heads were like lions' heads, and fire, smoke, and sulphur kept pouring out of their mouths. One-third of mankind was killed by these three plagues: the fire, smoke, and sulphur that kept pouring out of their mouths.
himself will have to drink the wine of God's vengeance, poured unmixed into the cup of His wrath, and be tortured with fire and brimstone before the eyes of the holy angels and the Lamb.
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But the cowards, the unfaithful, the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the practicers of magic, the worshipers of idols, and all liars will have their portion in the lake that keeps on burning with fire and brimstone. This is the second death."
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Builder » Figurative
Then Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures: 'That stone which the builders threw away has become the cornerstone; this is the work of the Lord and seems wonderful to us!'
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He is the stone that was thrown away by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.
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So to you who put your trust in Him the honor belongs, but to those who fail to trust Him: "That stone which then the builders threw away Has now become the cornerstone,"
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For he was confidently looking forward to that city with the solid foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
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Building » Figurative
For I know that if this earthly tent in which I live is taken down, I have a building in heaven which comes from God, a house not built by human hands but eternal.
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Bulrush » Figurative
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Burden » Figurative » Of oppressions
They tie up heavy burdens and fasten them on men's shoulders, but they refuse to lift a finger to help bear them.
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He said, "Yes, a curse on you experts in the law, too, because you load people down with loads too heavy to carry, and yet you do not touch the loads yourselves with one of your fingers!
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Practice bearing one another's burdens, and in this way carry out the law of Christ.
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Burden » Figurative » Of the prophetic message
Burial » Figurative
for you were buried with Him in baptism and raised to life with Him through your faith in the power of God who raised Him from the dead.
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So through baptism we have been buried with Him in death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glorious power, so we too should live an entirely new life.
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Caldron » Figurative
Canker » Figurative
and their message will spread like a cancer; men like Hymenaeus and Philetus,
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Captivity » Figurative
For some of them practice going into people's houses and capturing weak and silly women who are overwhelmed with the weight of their sins, who are easily led about by all sorts of evil impulses,
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But I keep on beating and bruising my body and making it my slave, so that I, after I have summoned others to the race, may not myself become unfit to run.
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but I see another power operating in my lower nature in conflict with the power operated by my reason, which makes me a prisoner to the power of sin which is operating in my lower nature.
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and they might recover their senses and escape from the devil's trap in which they have been caught by him to do his will.
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For I am demolishing arguments and every barrier that is raised against the genuine knowledge of God, taking captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ,
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Captivity » Figurative » captivity led captive,
Concerning this the Scripture says: "He led a host of captives, when He went up on high, and granted gifts to men."
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Cedar » Figurative
Chaff » Figurative
His winnowing-fork is in His hand, and He will clean out His threshing-floor and store His wheat in His barn, but He will burn up the chaff with fire that never can be put out."
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His winnowing-fork is in His hand, and He will clean out His threshing-floor, and store His wheat in His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with fire inextinguishable."
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Chains » Figurative
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but hurled them down to Tartarus and committed them to dark dungeons to await their doom,
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And angels, who did not preserve their original rank but left their proper home, He has kept in everlasting chains under darkness, for the day of judgment,
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Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
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Chariot » Figurative » Chariots of God
they had breastplates that seemed to be made of steel; the noise of their wings was like the noise of vast numbers of chariots and horses rushing into battle;
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Cherubim » Figurative
Children » Figurative
and like new-born babies thirst for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to final salvation,
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When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I laid aside my childish ways.
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Brothers, stop being children in intelligence, but as to evil keep on being babies; and yet as to intelligence be men of maturity.
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Circumcision » Figurative
Yes, I mean that Christ has become a servant to Israel to prove God's truthfulness, to make valid His promises to our forefathers,
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In this new relation there is no Greek and Jew, no circumcised and uncircumcised, no barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is everything and in us all.
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And through your union with Him you once received, not a hand-performed circumcision but one performed by Christ, in stripping you of your lower nature,
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For the real Jew is not the man who is a Jew on the outside, and real circumcision is not outward physical circumcision. The real Jew is the man who is a Jew on the inside, and real circumcision is heart-circumcision, a spiritual, not a literal, affair. This man's praise originates, not with men, but with God.
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For we are the true circumcision, who by the Spirit of God worship Him, who take pride in Christ Jesus only, and do not rely on outward privileges,
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Circumcision » Figurative » A designation of the jews
Then the Jewish believers who had gone along with Peter were astounded because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been showered upon the heathen too,
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and because they recognized the favor God had shown me, James, Cephas, and John, the so-called pillar apostles, gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, with the understanding that we should go to the heathen and they to the Jews.
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For there are many insubordinate people, mere talkers with nothing to say, but deceivers of their own minds, especially those of the circumcision party,
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So remember that you were once heathen in a physical sense, called the uncircumcised by those who call themselves the circumcised -- though only in a physical sense, by human hands.
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So when Peter returned to Jerusalem, the champions of circumcision began to bring charges against him
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So does Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only converts from Judaism that are fellow-workers with me here for the kingdom of God, who have proved a real comfort to me.
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Circumcision » Figurative » A designation of Christians
For we are the true circumcision, who by the Spirit of God worship Him, who take pride in Christ Jesus only, and do not rely on outward privileges,
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Cities » Figurative
But you have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless hosts of angels,
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But in reality they were aspiring for a better country, I mean, a heavenly one. This is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
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For he was confidently looking forward to that city with the solid foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
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for we have no permanent city here, but we are searching for that city which is to be ours.
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Citizens » Figurative
So you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but you are fellow-citizens of God's people and members of His family;
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But we are citizens of the republic in heaven, from which we are eagerly waiting for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Clay » Figurative
Has not the potter the right with his clay to make of the same lump one vessel for ornamental purposes, another for degrading service?
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Cleanliness » Figurative
But if we continue to live in the light, just as He is in the light, we have unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son continues to cleanse us from every sin.
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and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the First-born of the dead, and the Sovereign of the kings of the earth. To Him who ever loves us and once for all released us from our sins by His blood,
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If we confess our sins, He is to be depended on, since He is just, to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from every wrong.
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Cloak » Figurative
"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But now the fact is, they have no excuse for their sin.
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Indeed, we never resorted to flattery, as you are well aware, nor to any pretext for making money; God is our witness.
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Live like free men, only do not make your freedom a pretext for doing evil, but live like slaves of God.
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Coal » Figurative
Cockatrice » Figurative
Commonwealth » Figurative » rv margin
But we are citizens of the republic in heaven, from which we are eagerly waiting for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Cord » Figurative » Of friendship
Cord » Figurative » Of spiritual blessings
Cord » Figurative » Of life
Cord » Figurative » Of sin
Corn » Figurative
I most solemnly say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains a single grain. But if it does die, it yields a great harvest.
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Corn » Figurative » Symbolical
Corner-stone » Figurative » Of Christ
It must be so, because the Scriptures say: "Here now I lay in Zion a chosen stone, a costly cornerstone, And not a single one who puts his trust in Him will ever be put to shame."
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Then Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures: 'That stone which the builders threw away has become the cornerstone; this is the work of the Lord and seems wonderful to us!'
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He is the stone that was thrown away by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.
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for you are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself the cornerstone.
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for no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is laid, that is, Jesus Christ Himself.
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Have you never read this passage of Scripture: "'That stone which the builders threw away has now become the cornerstone;
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But He glanced at them and said, "Then what does this Scripture mean: 'That stone which the builders threw away has now become the cornerstone'?
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Corner-stone » Figurative
Corruption » Figurative » Of sin
The person who sows to gratify his lower nature will reap destruction from that lower nature, and the person who sows to gratify his higher nature will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
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These men, like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct created to be caught and killed, abuse the things that they do not understand, and so by their corruption they will be destroyed, suffering wrong as punishment for their wrongdoing.
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promising them freedom, though they are slaves of destruction themselves; for a man is the slave of anything that conquers him.
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that even nature itself might finally be set free from its bondage to decay, so as to share the glorious freedom of God's children.
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It is through these that He has given us His precious and glorious promises, so that through them, after you have escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires, you may come to share in the divine nature.
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Corruption » Figurative » Mount of
Cow » Figurative
Cross » Figurative
But may it never be mine to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world!
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Then He called the people to Him along with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say, 'No' to self, put the cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.
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Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing. Go, sell everything you have, and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back and follow me."
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Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put his cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.
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For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you in tears, who practice living as the enemies of the cross of Christ.
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and nobody is worthy of me who does not take up his cross and follow me.
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Then He said to them all, "If anyone chooses to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put the cross on his shoulders daily, and continue to follow me.
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Whoever does not persevere in carrying his own cross and thus following after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.
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For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news -- but not by means of wisdom and rhetoric, so that the cross of Christ may not be emptied of its power. For the message of the cross is nonsense to those who are in the process of being destroyed, but it is the power of God to those who are in the process of being saved.
As for me, myself, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In such a case the hindrance done by the cross has presumably ceased!
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Crown » Figurative
Do not be so afraid of what you are to suffer. See! The devil is going to throw some of you into prison to be tested there and for ten days to suffer pressing troubles. Each one of you must prove to be faithful, even if you have to die, and I will give you the crown of life.
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Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.
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Now the crown for doing right awaits me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day, and not only me but also all who have loved His appearing.
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and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the glorious crown that never fades.
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Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers.
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I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one may take away your crown.
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Crowns » Figurative
Crucifixion » Figurative
for we know that our former self was crucified with Him, to make our body that is liable to sin inactive, so that we might not a moment longer continue to be slaves to sin.
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And those who belong to Jesus the Christ have crucified the lower nature with its passions and evil cravings.
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I have been crucified with Christ, and I myself no longer live, but Christ is living in me; the life I now live as a mortal man I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.
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But may it never be mine to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world!
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Cup » Figurative » Of sorrow
and He was saying, "Abba [which means 'Father'], anything is possible for you! Take this cup away from me! Yet, I pray, not what I want but what you want!"
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Then Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into the sheath. Must I not drink the cup which the Father has handed me?"
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Then He walked on a few steps and threw Himself upon His face, and in this attitude continued to pray, and say, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me; and yet, I pray, not what I want but what you want."
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"Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet, not my will but always yours be done!"
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himself will have to drink the wine of God's vengeance, poured unmixed into the cup of His wrath, and be tortured with fire and brimstone before the eyes of the holy angels and the Lamb.
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But Jesus answered, "You do not realize what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They answered, "Yes, we can." He said to them, "You will drink the cup that I am to drink, but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father."
Cup » Figurative » Of salvation
Cup » Figurative » Of consolation
Cup » Figurative » Of joy
Curtains » Figurative
Darkness » Figurative » See also the following scriptures
For you have not come to a blazing fire that can be touched, to gloom and darkness, storm
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Darkness » Figurative » power of darkness,
For our contest is not with human foes alone, but with the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark world; that is, with the spirit-forces of evil challenging us in the heavenly contest.
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It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of His dearly loved Son,
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for you are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.
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Then the fifth angel emptied his bowl upon the throne of the wild beast, and his kingdom was shrouded in darkness, and men in agony gnawed their tongues,
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While I was among you day after day in the temple, you never laid a hand on me! But this is your opportunity, even the power which darkness gives you!"
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Darkness » Figurative » outer darkness,
while the heirs of the kingdom will be turned out into the darkness outside, where they will be weeping and grinding their teeth."
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Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness on the outside, where he will have to weep and grind his teeth.'
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And throw the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness on the outside, where he will weep and grind his teeth.'
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Dart » Figurative
Besides all these, take on the shield which faith provides, for with it you will be able to put out all the fire-tipped arrows shot by the evil one,
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Deafness » Figurative » Of moral insensibility
"He has blinded their eyes and benumbed their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes and understand with their hearts, and turn to me to cure them."
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For this people's soul has grown dull, and with their ears they can scarcely hear, and they have shut tight their eyes, so that they will never see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn to me, so that I may cure them!'
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'Go to this people and say to them, "You will listen, and listen, and never understand, and you will look, and look, and never see! For this people's soul has grown dull, and they scarcely hear with their ears, and they have shut tight their eyes, so that they may never see with their eyes, and understand with their souls, and turn to me, that I may cure them."'
Desert » Figurative
Dew » Figurative
Diligence » Figurative » hezekiah
Diligence » Figurative » Psalmist
Diligence » Figurative » Onesiphorus
Yes, when he got to Rome he took pains to look me up and finally found me.
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Diligence » Figurative » Apollos
He had been instructed about the way of the Lord, and with spiritual fervor he was speaking and was accurately teaching some details about Jesus, although he knew of no baptism but John's.
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Diligence » Figurative » Titus
I send with them another brother of ours, whom I have often in many ways tested and found to be enthusiastic, but now he is more enthusiastic than ever, because of his great confidence in you.
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Diligence » Figurative
Diligence » Figurative » Exemplified » Ruth
Diligence » Figurative » Apostles
and not for a single day did they stop teaching in the temple square and in private houses the good news of Jesus the Christ.
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Diligence » Figurative » Paul
You remember, brothers, our hard labor and toil. We kept up our habit of working night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you when we preached to you.
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Diligence » Figurative » Nehemiah and his helpers
Disease » Figurative
Ditch » Figurative
Divorce » Figurative
Dog » Figurative
Look out for those dogs, those mischief-makers, those self-mutilators!
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The dogs, that is, those who practice magic and immorality, murderers, idolaters, and those who love and practice lying, are on the outside.
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Door » Figurative » Closed
"To the messenger of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The Holy and True One, who carries the keys of David, who opens and no one can shut, who shuts and no one can open, speaks as follows:
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when once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand on the outside and to knock on the door again and again and say, 'Lord, open it for us'; but He will answer, 'I do not know where you come from.'
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And while they were going to buy it, the bridegroom came, and the bridesmaids that were ready went in with him to the wedding reception; and the door was closed.
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Door » Figurative » Of opportunity
"I know what you are doing. See! I have put before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have but little strength, and yet you have obeyed my message and you have not disowned my name.
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For I have an opportunity here that is great and calls for work, and it has many opponents.
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Door » Figurative » Door of hope
Dress » Clothing » Figurative
"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But now the fact is, they have no excuse for their sin.
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Indeed, we never resorted to flattery, as you are well aware, nor to any pretext for making money; God is our witness.
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Live like free men, only do not make your freedom a pretext for doing evil, but live like slaves of God.
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Dress » Figurative » Filthy, of unrighteousness
Dross » Figurative
Drought » Figurative
Drunkenness » Figurative
Eagle » Figurative
Ear » Figurative » Anthropomorphic uses of
Earthquakes » Figurative
Eclipse » Figurative
Eye » Figurative » Of evil desire, never satisfied
because everything that is in the world, the things that our lower nature and eyes are longing for, and the proud pretensions of life, do not come from the Father, but from the world;
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Eye » Figurative » The offending
So if your right eye causes you to do wrong, pluck it out of your way; for it is better to have one part of your body suffer loss than to have your whole body go down to the pit.
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Famine » Figurative
Fat » Figurative
Feasts » Figurative
Then Jesus said to him: "Once a man was giving a great dinner and invited many people to it. And at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to the invited guests, 'Come, for it is now ready.' But they all in the same attitude began to excuse themselves. The first one said, 'I have just bought a piece of land and I must go and look it over. Please excuse me.' read more.
Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I am on my way to try them. Please excuse me.' Another said, 'I have just gotten married, and so I cannot come.' So the slave returned and reported these answers to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his slave, 'Hurry out into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor, the maimed, the crippled, and the blind.' Then the slave said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and still there is room.' "Then the master said to his slave, 'Go out on the roads and by the hedges and make the people come in, so that my house may be filled. For I tell you, not one of those people who were invited shall get a taste of my dinner!'"
Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I am on my way to try them. Please excuse me.' Another said, 'I have just gotten married, and so I cannot come.' So the slave returned and reported these answers to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his slave, 'Hurry out into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor, the maimed, the crippled, and the blind.' Then the slave said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and still there is room.' "Then the master said to his slave, 'Go out on the roads and by the hedges and make the people come in, so that my house may be filled. For I tell you, not one of those people who were invited shall get a taste of my dinner!'"
Then he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are they who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' These," he said to me, "are the true words of God."
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Then Jesus again spoke to them in stories, and said: "The kingdom of heaven is like a king, who gave a wedding reception for his son. And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding reception, but they refused to come. read more.
A second time he sent other slaves, and said to them, 'Tell the invited guests that I have my reception all ready, my bullocks and fatlings are butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding reception!' But they paid no attention to it, but went off, one to his farm, another to his place of business, and the rest seized his slaves, treated them with violence, and murdered them. Then the king was enraged, and sent his soldiers to put those murderers to death and burned their city. After that he said to his slaves, 'My wedding reception is ready, but those invited have proved unworthy. So go out to the country crossroads and invite everybody you find to my wedding reception.' And those slaves went out into the roads and gathered everybody they found, both good and bad, and the bridal-hall was packed with guests. But when the king came in to take a look at the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding suit. So he said to him, 'My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding suit on?' But his lips were sealed. Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness on the outside, where he will have to weep and grind his teeth.' For many are invited, but few are selected."
A second time he sent other slaves, and said to them, 'Tell the invited guests that I have my reception all ready, my bullocks and fatlings are butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding reception!' But they paid no attention to it, but went off, one to his farm, another to his place of business, and the rest seized his slaves, treated them with violence, and murdered them. Then the king was enraged, and sent his soldiers to put those murderers to death and burned their city. After that he said to his slaves, 'My wedding reception is ready, but those invited have proved unworthy. So go out to the country crossroads and invite everybody you find to my wedding reception.' And those slaves went out into the roads and gathered everybody they found, both good and bad, and the bridal-hall was packed with guests. But when the king came in to take a look at the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding suit. So he said to him, 'My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding suit on?' But his lips were sealed. Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness on the outside, where he will have to weep and grind his teeth.' For many are invited, but few are selected."
Then I saw an angel standing on the sun, and in a loud voice shouting to all the birds that fly in mid-air: "Come! Gather for God's great banquet,
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Fence » Figurative
Fig tree » Figurative
"Now learn what the story of the fig tree means. Just as soon as its branches grow tender, and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near.
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and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, just as a fig tree, when shaken by a violent wind, drops its unripe figs.
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Fire » Figurative » Judgments
"It is fire that I have come to bring upon the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
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They came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, and the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
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Fire » Figurative » Of the destruction of the wicked
"Then He will say to those at His left, 'Be gone from me, you who are now cursed, to the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
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But the cowards, the unfaithful, the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the practicers of magic, the worshipers of idols, and all liars will have their portion in the lake that keeps on burning with fire and brimstone. This is the second death."
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and will throw them into the furnace of torturing punishment; there they will wail and grind their teeth.
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and will throw them into the furnace of torturing punishment. There they will wail and grind their teeth.
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and he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke like the smoke of a huge furnace puffed up out of the pit, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
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Fire » Figurative » Spiritual power
I am baptizing you in water to picture your repentance. But He that is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry His shoes. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire;
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John expressly answered them all, "I am baptizing you in water only, but there is coming the One who is stronger than I am, whose shoestrings I am not fit to untie. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire;
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Fire » Figurative » Everlasting fire
"Then He will say to those at His left, 'Be gone from me, you who are now cursed, to the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
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"And if your own hand or your own foot makes you do wrong, cut it off and put it out of your way. It is better for you to get into life maimed or crippled than to have both hands or both feet to be thrown into everlasting torture.
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Fire » Figurative » Of inspiration
Firebrand » Figurative
First fruits » Figurative
Not only that but this too, we ourselves who enjoy the Spirit as a foretaste of the future, even we ourselves, keep up our inner groanings while we wait to enter upon our adoption as God's sons at the redemption of our bodies.
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If the first handful of dough is consecrated, so is the whole mass; if the tree's root is consecrated, so are the branches.
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But in reality Christ has been raised from the dead, the first to be raised of those who have fallen asleep.
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But each in his proper order; Christ first, then at His coming those who belong to Christ.
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In accordance with His will He made us His children by the message of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.
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Fish » Figurative
Fishermen » Figurative
He said to them, "Come! Follow me, and I will make you fishermen for catching men."
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Flax » Figurative » Smoking flax not quenched
A broken reed He will not break off; a flickering wick He will not put out, until He brings His judgment to victory.
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Flesh » Figurative » Fruits of
Now the practices of the lower nature are clear enough: Sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, quarreling, jealousy, anger, intrigues, dissensions, party-spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I now warn you, as I have done before, that those who practice such things shall not be heirs of the kingdom of God.
Flies » Figurative
Foot » Figurative
"And if your own hand or your own foot makes you do wrong, cut it off and put it out of your way. It is better for you to get into life maimed or crippled than to have both hands or both feet to be thrown into everlasting torture.
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Footstool » Figurative » The earth is God's
'"Heaven is my throne, and earth a footstool for my feet. What house can you build for me?" says the Lord; "Or what place is there in which I can rest?
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Foreigner » Figurative
So you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but you are fellow-citizens of God's people and members of His family;
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Fort » Figurative » Of God's care
Fountain » Figurative » Of the salvation of the gospel
because the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will be their Shepherd, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."
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Fountain » Figurative » Of divine grace
Fountain » Figurative » The turgid, of the debasement of character
Fox » Figurative » Of heretics
Fox » Figurative » Of unfaithful prophets
Fox » Figurative » Of craftiness
But He said to them: "Go and tell that fox, 'Here I am, driving out demons and performing cures, today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will finish these tasks.
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Furnace » Figurative » Of affliction
Furnace » Figurative » Of hell
and will throw them into the furnace of torturing punishment; there they will wail and grind their teeth.
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and will throw them into the furnace of torturing punishment. There they will wail and grind their teeth.
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and he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke like the smoke of a huge furnace puffed up out of the pit, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
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Furnace » Figurative » Of lust
Gall » Figurative » Gall of bitterness
For I see that you are a bitter weed and a bundle of crookedness!"
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Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life
Do you not know that in a race the runners all run, but only one can get the prize? You must run in such a way that you can get the prize.
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You were running beautifully! Who was it that cut into your way and kept you from obeying the truth?
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to hold up the message of life. That will give me ground for boasting on the day of Christ, because neither my career nor my labor has been a failure.
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I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,
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So that is the way I run, with no uncertainty as to winning. That is the way I box, not like one that punches the air.
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Games » Figurative » Fighting wild "beasts", of spiritual conflict
If from merely human motives I have fought wild beasts here in Ephesus, what profit will it be to me? If the dead are never raised at all, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall be dead."
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I have fought the fight for the good, I have run my race, I have kept faith.
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So that is the way I run, with no uncertainty as to winning. That is the way I box, not like one that punches the air.
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For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on exhibition at the disgraced end of the procession, as they do with men who are doomed to die in the arena.
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Games » Figurative » Of a successful ministry
I went up under the guidance of a divine revelation. Now I laid before them the good news that I was in the habit of preaching among the heathen, but first I did so privately before the leaders, for fear that my course might be or might have been to no purpose.
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to hold up the message of life. That will give me ground for boasting on the day of Christ, because neither my career nor my labor has been a failure.
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Gates » Figurative » Of salvation
"Go in by the narrow gate, for broad and roomy is the road that leads to destruction, and many are going in by it.
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Gates » Figurative » Of death
Gates » Figurative » Of righteousness
Gates » Figurative » Of the gospel
Gates » Figurative » Of the grave
Gates » Figurative » Of the powers of hell (hades)
And I, yes I, tell you, your name from now on is to be Peter, Rock, and on a massive rock like this I will build my church, and the powers of the underworld shall never overthrow it.
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Gates » Figurative » Of the people of a city
Gilead » Figurative » Of prosperity
Girdle » Figurative
Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail,
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and among the lampstands One resembling the Son of Man, wearing a robe that reached to His feet, and with a belt of gold around His breast.
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and the seven angels bringing the seven plagues came out of the sanctuary. They were clothed in clean, brilliant linen and had belts of gold around their breasts.
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Gleaning » Figurative
Gold » Figurative
And whether one puts into the building on the foundation gold or silver or costly stones, or wood or hay or straw,
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Grape » Figurative
And another angel came from the altar, who had power over the fire, and he called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put forth your sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are fully ripe." So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth's vine, and flung them into the wine press of God's wrath, The grapes in the wine press were trodden outside the city, and blood streamed from the wine press until it reached the horses' bridles for a distance of two hundred miles.
Grape » Figurative » Parables of the vine
"I am the real vine, and my Father is the cultivator. He cuts away any branch on me that stops bearing fruit, and He repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more. You are already pruned because of the teaching that I have given you. read more.
You must remain in union with me and I will remain in union with you. Just as no branch by itself can bear fruit unless it remains united to the vine, so you cannot unless you remain in union with me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in union with me and I in union with him will bear abundant fruit, because you cannot do anything cut off from union with me.
You must remain in union with me and I will remain in union with you. Just as no branch by itself can bear fruit unless it remains united to the vine, so you cannot unless you remain in union with me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in union with me and I in union with him will bear abundant fruit, because you cannot do anything cut off from union with me.
Grape » Figurative » Fable of
Grape » Figurative » Proverb of
Grass » Figurative
For "All human life is just like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass dries up; the flowers drop off.
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and the rich brother rejoice in his being on a level with the poor, because the rich will fade away like the flower of the grass. For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass, and its flowers wither, and its beauty fades away; so will rich men fade away in their pursuits.
Gravel » Figurative
Hail » Figurative
Then the doors of God's temple in heaven were thrown open, and inside the temple was seen the chest containing God's covenant, and there followed flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and heavy hail.
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huge hailstones as heavy as talents fell on men from heaven, and men cursed God for the plague of hail, because the torture of it was severe.
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The first one blew his trumpet, and there was a shower of hail and fire mixed with blood as it hurled itself upon the earth, and one-third of the earth was burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
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Hammer » Figurative
Hand » Figurative
"And if your own hand or your own foot makes you do wrong, cut it off and put it out of your way. It is better for you to get into life maimed or crippled than to have both hands or both feet to be thrown into everlasting torture.
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If your hand makes you do wrong, cut it off. You might better go into life maimed than keep both your hands and go down to the pit, to the fire that is never put out.
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And if your right hand causes you to do wrong, cut it off and put it out of your way, for it is better to have one part of your body suffer loss than to have your whole body go down to the pit.
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Hand » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Hand of the lord » Elijah
Hand » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Hand of the lord » Against
Hand » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Hand of the lord » Christians
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
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Hand » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Hand of the lord » Unlimited
Hand » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Hand of the lord » Is mighty
Hand » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Hand of the lord » Not limited
Hand » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Hand of the lord » Heavy
Harvest » Figurative
Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the reapers are scarce.
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The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the close of the age, the reapers are angels.
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So He was saying to them: "The harvest is plentiful, but the reapers are scarce. So pray the Lord of the harvest to send out reapers to His harvest-field.
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Then another angel came out of the temple and cried in a loud voice to Him who was seated on the cloud, "Put forth your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, because the earth's harvest is ripe."
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Heifer » Figurative » Of the obedient
Heifer » Figurative » Of backsliders
Heir » Figurative
And if you belong to Christ, then you are real descendants of Abraham, and heirs in accordance with the promise made to him.
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For all who are guided by God's Spirit are God's sons. For you do not have a sense of servitude to fill you with dread again, but the consciousness of adopted sons by which we cry, "Abba," that is, "Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirits that we are God's children; read more.
and if children, then also heirs, heirs of God and fellow-heirs with Christ if in reality we share His sufferings, so that we may share His glory too.
and if children, then also heirs, heirs of God and fellow-heirs with Christ if in reality we share His sufferings, so that we may share His glory too.
Listen, my dearly loved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
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so that we might come into right standing with God through His unmerited favor and become heirs of eternal life in accordance with our hope.
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And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba," that is, "Father." So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir by God's own act.
Helmet » Figurative
but let us who belong to the day keep sober, clothed with faith and love for a coat of mail and with the hope of salvation for a helmet.
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take the helmet salvation provides, and take the sword the Spirit wields, which is the word of God.
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Hen » Figurative
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! The city that has kept on murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you refused!
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"O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! The city that continues to murder the prophets, and to stone those who are sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings. But you refused!
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Highways » Figurative
This is he who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah, when he said: "Here is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; Make the paths straight for him.'"
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"Go in by the narrow gate, for broad and roomy is the road that leads to destruction, and many are going in by it. But narrow is the gate and hard is the road that leads to life, and few are they that find it.
Hooks » Figurative
Horn » Figurative » Of power
Horn » Figurative » Of divine protection
Hunting » Figurative
Husband » Figurative
Hyssop » Figurative » Of spiritual cleansing
Image » Figurative » Regenerated into
For those on whom He set His heart beforehand He marked off as His own to be made like His Son, that He might be the eldest of many brothers;
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And all of us, with faces uncovered, because we continue to reflect like mirrors the splendor of the Lord, are being transformed into likeness to Him, from one degree of splendor to another, since it comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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and have put on the new self which is in the process of being made new in the likeness of its Creator, so that you may attain a perfect knowledge of Him.
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and put on the new self which has been created in the likeness of God, which fruits in right and holy living inspired by the truth.
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See what wonderful love the Father has bestowed on us in letting us be called God's children, and that is what we are! This is why the world does not know what we are, because it has never come to know Him. Dearly beloved, we are now God's children, but what we are going to be has not been unveiled. We know that if it is unveiled, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as He is.
Image » Figurative » Man created in, of God
With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in God's likeness.
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Image » Figurative » Christ, of God
Yes, He is the exact likeness of the unseen God, His first-born Son who existed before any created thing,
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He is the reflection of God's glory and the perfect representation of His being, and continues to uphold the universe by His mighty word. After He had procured man's purification from sins, He took His seat at the right hand of God's majesty,
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Image » Figurative » Of jealousy
Incense » Figurative » Of praise
Incense » Figurative » Of prayer
Incense » Figurative » Of an acceptable sacrifice
and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
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Inheritance » Figurative
Are not the angels all attending spirits sent forth to serve for the sake of those who are going to be unceasing possessors of salvation?
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to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's power to God, so as to have their sins forgiven and have a possession among those that are consecrated by faith in me.'
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And now I commit you to the Lord, and to the message of His favor, which is able to build you up and to give you your proper possession among all God's consecrated people.
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The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirits that we are God's children; and if children, then also heirs, heirs of God and fellow-heirs with Christ if in reality we share His sufferings, so that we may share His glory too.
so that we might come into right standing with God through His unmerited favor and become heirs of eternal life in accordance with our hope.
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in union with whom we were made God's portion, since we had been foreordained in accordance with the purpose of Him who in everything carries out the plan of His will, that we who had first put our hope in Christ might praise His glory. You too, as you have heard the message of the truth, the good news that means your salvation, and as you have trusted in Him too, have been stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, read more.
who is the first installment of our inheritance, so that we may finally come into full possession of the prize of redemption, and praise His glory for it.
who is the first installment of our inheritance, so that we may finally come into full possession of the prize of redemption, and praise His glory for it.
Interpreter » Figurative
Iron » Figurative
through the pretensions of false teachers, men with seared consciences,
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Irrigation » Figurative
The planter and the waterer are one in aim, and yet each of us will get his own pay in accordance with his own work,
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I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who kept the plants growing.
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Jealousy » Figurative
For I feel a divine jealousy for you, as I betrothed you to Christ, to present you as a pure bride to her one husband.
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Jewels » Figurative
Jezebel » Figurative
But I hold it against you that you are tolerating that Jezebel of a woman who claims to be a prophetess, and by her teaching is misleading my slaves to practice immorality and to eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols.
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Key » Figurative
A curse on you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to the door of knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you kept out those who tried to get in."
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Kine (bovine) » Figurative
Lameness » Figurative
and keep your feet in straight paths, so that limbs may not be dislocated, but instead be cured.
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Lamp » Figurative
So we have the message of the prophets more certainly guaranteed. Please pay attention to this message as to a lamp that is shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;
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"The eye is the very lamp of the body. If then your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
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The city does not need the sun or moon to shine in it, for the glory of God has lighted it, and the Lamb is its lamp.
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Lasciviousness » Figurative
Laver » Figurative » In connection with
Laver » Figurative
Then I saw something that looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and standing upon the sea of glass were those who had conquered the wild beast, his statue, and the number representing his name; and they had harps that God had given them.
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Also in front of the throne there was something like a sea of glass as clear as crystal. Around the throne, at the middle of each side were four living creatures dotted with eyes in front and behind,
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Leaven (yeast) » Figurative » Of the hypocrisy of the pharisees
Then He kept warning them by saying, "Look out! Keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."
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Meanwhile as the people had gathered in tens of thousands, so that they were trampling upon one another, He began to say, first of all, to His disciples: "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, hypocrisy.
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And Jesus said to them, "Look out, and keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees!" Then they began to discuss it among themselves, and said, "It is because we did not take any bread." Jesus knew it and said, "Why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? Have you so little faith? read more.
Do you not understand yet? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many basketfuls you took up? Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many hamper-basketfuls you took up? How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread, when I said, keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?" Then they understood that He meant, guard yourselves not against yeast for bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
Do you not understand yet? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many basketfuls you took up? Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many hamper-basketfuls you took up? How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread, when I said, keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?" Then they understood that He meant, guard yourselves not against yeast for bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
Leaven (yeast) » Figurative » Parable of
He told another story: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to yeast which a woman took and worked into a bushel of flour until it all had risen."
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It is like yeast which a woman took and hid in a bushel of flour until it all had risen."
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Leaven (yeast) » Figurative » Of other evils
A little yeast will transform the whole dough.
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Your ground for boasting about such a case is not good. Are you not aware that a little yeast will change the whole lump of dough? You must clean out the old yeast, that you may be a fresh lump, as you are to be free from the old yeast. For our Passover Lamb, Christ, has already been sacrificed. So let us keep our feast, not with old yeast nor with the yeast of vice and wickedness, but with the bread of purity and truth without the yeast.
Lebanon » Figurative
Leopard » Figurative » Taming of, the triumph of the gospel
Leopard » Figurative
Leviathan » Figurative
Liberty » Figurative
for you know that everyone, slave or free, will get his reward from the Lord for anything good he has done.
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There is no room for Jew or Greek, no room for slave or freeman, no room for male or female, for you are all one through union with Christ Jesus.
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In this new relation there is no Greek and Jew, no circumcised and uncircumcised, no barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is everything and in us all.
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So if the Son sets you free, you will be really free.
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to announce the year of favor from the Lord."
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and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free." They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and we never have been anybody's slaves. How can you say to us, 'You will be set free'?"
Lily » Figurative » Of the lips of the beloved
Linen » Figurative » Pure and white, of righteousness
Permission has been granted her to dress in clean, brilliant linen, for linen signifies the upright deeds of God's people."
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and the seven angels bringing the seven plagues came out of the sanctuary. They were clothed in clean, brilliant linen and had belts of gold around their breasts.
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The armies of heaven, wearing pure white linen, followed Him on white horses.
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Lions » Figurative » Of a ruler's anger
Lions » Figurative » Of divine judgments
Lions » Figurative » Of satan
Be calm and alert. Your opponent the devil is always prowling about like a roaring lion, trying to devour you.
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Locusts » Figurative
Lukewarmness » Figurative
But I hold it against you that you do not love me as you did at first.
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You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak."
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Wake up, and strengthen what is left, although it is on the very point of dying, for I have not found a thing that you have done complete in the sight of God.
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"I know what you are doing, and that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. As it is, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth.
Manna » Figurative
Let everyone who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give to him who conquers some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone with a new name written on it which no one knows except the man who receives it."'"
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I am the bread that gives life. Your forefathers in the desert ate the manna, and yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat it and never die. read more.
I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my own flesh."
I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my own flesh."
and all ate the same spiritual food,
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Mansion » Figurative
In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; if there were not, I would have told you, for I am going away to make ready a place for you.
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Marriage » Figurative
Let us be glad and shout for joy and give Him glory, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. Permission has been granted her to dress in clean, brilliant linen, for linen signifies the upright deeds of God's people." Then he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are they who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' These," he said to me, "are the true words of God."
because we are parts of His body. Therefore, a man must leave his father and mother and so perfectly unite himself to his wife that the two shall be one. This is a great secret; I mean this about Christ and the church.
Marriage » Figurative » Parables from
"The kingdom of heaven is like a king, who gave a wedding reception for his son.
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"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were thoughtless and five were thoughtful, for the thoughtless ones took their lamps but took no oil with them. read more.
But the thoughtful ones not only took their lamps but also extra oil in their oil cans. While the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and dropped off to sleep. But at midnight there was a shout, 'Here comes the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!' Then all those bridesmaids awoke and trimmed their lamp-wicks. And the thoughtless ones said to the thoughtful ones, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But the thoughtful ones answered, 'No, no, there may not be enough for you and us. Go to the store and buy your own oil.' And while they were going to buy it, the bridegroom came, and the bridesmaids that were ready went in with him to the wedding reception; and the door was closed.
But the thoughtful ones not only took their lamps but also extra oil in their oil cans. While the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and dropped off to sleep. But at midnight there was a shout, 'Here comes the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!' Then all those bridesmaids awoke and trimmed their lamp-wicks. And the thoughtless ones said to the thoughtful ones, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But the thoughtful ones answered, 'No, no, there may not be enough for you and us. Go to the store and buy your own oil.' And while they were going to buy it, the bridegroom came, and the bridesmaids that were ready went in with him to the wedding reception; and the door was closed.
Menstruation » Figurative
Messenger » Figurative
As it is written in the prophet Isaiah: "Here I send my messenger ahead of you; He will prepare your way.
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This is the man of whom the Scripture says, "'Attention! I am sending my messenger on before you; He will prepare the road ahead of you.'
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This is the man of whom the Scripture says: "'Attention! I send my messenger on before you. He will prepare the road ahead of you.'
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Messenger » Figurative » Of satan
So, to keep me from being over-elated, there was sent upon me a physical disease, sharp as a piercing stake, a messenger of Satan, to continue afflicting me, and so to keep me, I repeat, from being over-elated.
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Mire » Figurative
Mirror » Figurative
Because if anyone merely listens to the message without obeying it, he is like a man who looks in a mirror at his own face, for he looks and then goes off and at once forgets how he looked.
And all of us, with faces uncovered, because we continue to reflect like mirrors the splendor of the Lord, are being transformed into likeness to Him, from one degree of splendor to another, since it comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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For now we see a dim reflection in a looking-glass. But then we shall see face to face; Now what I know is imperfect, but then I shall know perfectly, as God knows me.
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Mocking » Figurative
Moon » Figurative » Shining of
The city does not need the sun or moon to shine in it, for the glory of God has lighted it, and the Lamb is its lamp.
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Mortar » Figurative
Moth » Figurative
Your wealth has rotted, your clothes are moth-eaten,
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"Stop storing up your riches on earth where moths and rust make away with them, and where thieves break in and steal them. But keep on storing up your riches in heaven where moths and rust do not make away with them and where thieves do not break in and steal them.
Nail » Figurative
Net » Figurative
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Nettles » Figurative
Oak » Figurative
Offerings » Figurative
I beg you, therefore, brothers, through these mercies God has shown you, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies as a living sacrifice, devoted and well-pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.
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I have received your payment in full, and more too. I am amply supplied after getting the things you sent by Epaphroditus; they are like sweet incense, the kind of sacrifice that God accepts and approves.
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So then, through Christ, let us always offer God the sacrifice of praise; that is, the speech of lips that glorify the name of God.
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Olive » Figurative » The wild, a figure of the gentiles; the cultivated, of the jews
For if you were cut off from an olive wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted on to a fine olive stock, how much easier will it be for the natural branches to be grafted on to their own olive stock?
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If some of the branches have been broken off, and yet you, although you were wild olive suckers, have been grafted in among the native branches, and been made to share the rich sap of the native olive's root, you must not be boasting against the natural branches. And if you do, just consider, you do not support the root, but the root supports you. Then you will say, "Branches have been broken off for us to be grafted in." read more.
Very well, but it was for lack of faith that they were broken off, and it is through your faith that you now stand where you are. Stop your haughty thinking, rather continue to be reverent, for if God did not spare the natural branches, certainly He will not spare you.
Very well, but it was for lack of faith that they were broken off, and it is through your faith that you now stand where you are. Stop your haughty thinking, rather continue to be reverent, for if God did not spare the natural branches, certainly He will not spare you.
Olive » Figurative » Of prosperity
Oven » Figurative
Now if God so gorgeously dresses the wild grass which today is green but tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you with little faith?
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Now if God so gorgeously dresses the wild grass which today is green but tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, how much more surely will He clothe you, O you with little faith?
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Palace » Figurative » Of a government
Palm tree » Figurative » Of the prosperity of the righteous
Palm tree » Figurative » Used as a symbol of victory
After this I looked, and there was a vast throng that no one could count from every nation, tribe, people, and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
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Pearl » Figurative
"You must never give the things that are sacred to dogs, and you must never throw your pearls before hogs, for fear they might trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.
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Petroleum (?) » Figurative
Physician » Figurative
But Jesus answered them, "Not well but sick people have to send for the doctor.
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Physiology » Figurative
Such a person is not continuing in connection with the Head, from which the whole body, when supplied and united through its joints and sinews, grows with a growth that God produces.
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For it is under His direction that the whole body is perfectly adjusted and united by every joint that furnishes its supplies; and by the proper functioning of each particular part there is brought about the growing of the body for its building up in love.
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Pillar » Figurative
I will make him who conquers a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall never again go out of it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
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Pillow » Figurative » Of false teachers
Pit » Figurative
Pit » Figurative » The bottomless pit
They had over them as king the angel of the abyss; in Hebrew he is called Abaddon, in Greek, Apollyon.
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Then he hurled him into the abyss, closed it, and sealed it over him, to keep him from leading the nations astray anymore, until the thousand years are at an end; after that he must be let loose a little while.
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Then, when they have finished testifying, the wild beast that is coming up out of the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,
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The wild beast that you saw, once was but now is no more; he is going to come up out of the abyss, but he is going to be destroyed. The inhabitants of the earth, whose names from the foundation of the world have not been written in the book of life, will be astonished when they see that the wild beast once was but now is no more, and yet is to come.
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Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
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Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky upon the earth. To this angel the key to the pit of the abyss was given, and he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke like the smoke of a huge furnace puffed up out of the pit, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
Plow » Figurative » Of afflictions
Plummet » Figurative
Poor » Figurative » Poor in spirit
"Blessed are those who feel poor in spiritual things, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
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Then He fixed His eyes upon His disciples, and began to speak. "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours!
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Pottery » Figurative
Has not the potter the right with his clay to make of the same lump one vessel for ornamental purposes, another for degrading service?
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Pottery » Figurative » Of weakness, in the idol in nebuchadnezzars vision
Priest » Figurative
and have made them a kingdom of priests for our God; and they will rule over the earth."
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Blessed and holy is the man who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death will have no power, but they will be priests of God and Christ, and reign with Him the thousand years.
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But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the people to be His very own, to proclaim the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.
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and has made us a kingdom of priests for His God and Father: to Him be glory forever. Amen.
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Prisoners » Figurative
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for He has consecrated me to preach the good news to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to captives and recovery of sight to the blind; to send the downtrodden away in liberty and
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Prize » Figurative
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
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Provoke » Figurative » Of mental incentive
Purification » Figurative
let us continue to draw near to God with sincere hearts and perfect faith; with our hearts cleansed from the sense of sin, and our bodies bathed in clean water;
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Race » Foot race » Figurative
Do you not know that in a race the runners all run, but only one can get the prize? You must run in such a way that you can get the prize.
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You were running beautifully! Who was it that cut into your way and kept you from obeying the truth?
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to hold up the message of life. That will give me ground for boasting on the day of Christ, because neither my career nor my labor has been a failure.
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Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the perfect leader and example of faith, who, instead of the joy which lay before Him, endured the cross with no regard for its shame, and since has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Rain » Figurative
Ransom » Figurative
just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."
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who gave Himself as a ransom for all, a fact that was testified to at the proper time,
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Razor » Figurative
Reaping » Figurative
Reed » Figurative » Of weakness
A broken reed He will not break off; a flickering wick He will not put out, until He brings His judgment to victory.
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But as they were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the desert to gaze at? A reed that is tossed to and fro by the wind?
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Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
Refining » Figurative » Of the purity of the word of God
Refuge » Figurative » Of Christ
so that by these two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge with Him may have encouragement strong enough to make us seize upon the hope that lies ahead of us.
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Rending » Figurative » Symbol of the dissolution of a kingdom
Rending » Figurative
Resurrection » Figurative » Of regeneration
for you were buried with Him in baptism and raised to life with Him through your faith in the power of God who raised Him from the dead.
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So through baptism we have been buried with Him in death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glorious power, so we too should live an entirely new life.
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You too were dead because of the shortcomings and sins
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has made us, though dead because of our shortcomings, live again in fellowship with Christ -- it is by His unmerited favor that you have been saved. And He raised us with Him and through union with Christ Jesus He made us sit down with Him in the heavenly realm,
So if you have been raised to life in fellowship with Christ, keep on seeking the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
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Riches » Figurative
I advise you to buy of me gold that has been refined in the fire, so that you may become rich, and white clothes to put on, to hide your shameful nakedness, and salve to put on your eyes, to make you see.
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River » Figurative » Of salvation
Then he showed me a river of living water, clear as crystal, which continued to flow from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the city's Broadway. On both sides of the river grew the tree of life, which bore twelve kinds of fruit, yielding a different kind each month, and its leaves contained the remedy to cure the nations.
River » Figurative » Of grief
Rock » Figurative
and all drank the same spiritual drink -- for they continued to drink the water from the spiritual Rock which accompanied them, and that Rock was the Christ --
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And I, yes I, tell you, your name from now on is to be Peter, Rock, and on a massive rock like this I will build my church, and the powers of the underworld shall never overthrow it.
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Rope » Figurative » Of temptations
Rope » Figurative » Of affliction
Rope » Figurative » Of love
Sacrifices » Figurative
I beg you, therefore, brothers, through these mercies God has shown you, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies as a living sacrifice, devoted and well-pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.
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I have received your payment in full, and more too. I am amply supplied after getting the things you sent by Epaphroditus; they are like sweet incense, the kind of sacrifice that God accepts and approves.
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Yes, even if I am pouring out my life as a libation on the sacrifice and service your faith is rendering, I am glad to do so and congratulate you upon it;
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Sacrifices » Figurative » Of praise
So then, through Christ, let us always offer God the sacrifice of praise; that is, the speech of lips that glorify the name of God.
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Sacrifices » Figurative » Of self-denial
But for Christ's sake I have counted all that was gain to me as loss. Yes, indeed, I certainly do count everything as loss compared with the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have lost everything, and value it all as mere refuse, in order to gain Christ
Sacrifices » Figurative » calves of the lips" signifying praise
Salt » Figurative » Of the saving efficacy of the ekklesia of Christ
"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its strength, what can make it salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden under foot.
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Salt is good, but if salt itself loses its strength, how can that strength be restored?
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Everyone must be seasoned with fire. Salt is a good thing, but if salt loses its strength, how can you season it again? You must keep on having salt within you, and keep on living in peace with one another."
Salt » Figurative » Of wise behavior
Always let your conversation be seasoned with salt, that is, with winsomeness, so that you may know how to make a fitting answer to everyone.
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Sanctuary » Figurative
Sardius » Figurative
The One who was seated on it looked like jasper or sardius, and around the throne there was a rainbow that looked like an emerald.
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Sardonyx » Figurative » In the foundation of the heavenly city called the new jerusalem
the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
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Saw » Figurative
Scepter (sceptre) » Figurative
Scorpion » Figurative » Of cruelty
Scorpion » Figurative » Of enemies
Scourging » Figurative » Of the oppressions of rulers
Scourging » Figurative » Of the evil tongue
Seal » A stamp used for signifying documents » Figurative » Of certainty of divine approval
You must stop offending the Holy Spirit of God by whom you have been stamped for the day of redemption.
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and put His seal upon us, and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a first installment of future rewards.
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You too, as you have heard the message of the truth, the good news that means your salvation, and as you have trusted in Him too, have been stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
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Stop toiling for the food that perishes, but toil for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has given Him authority to do so."
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So, after I have finished this matter and made sure of the results of this contribution for them, I shall come by you on my way to Spain.
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"Do not injure the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we mark the slaves of our God with His seal on their foreheads." And I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand. Those that were marked with the seal were from every tribe of the children of Israel:
Seal » A stamp used for signifying documents » Figurative » Of secrecy
Then I saw in the right hand of Him who was seated on the throne a book with writing on both sides, sealed with seven seals.
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Serpent » Figurative
Servant » Figurative
"Do not injure the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we mark the slaves of our God with His seal on their foreheads."
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promising them freedom, though they are slaves of destruction themselves; for a man is the slave of anything that conquers him.
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For you, brothers, were called to freedom; only you must not let your freedom be an excuse for the gratification of your lower nature, but in love be slaves to one another.
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As for us apostles, men ought to think of us as ministers of Christ and trustees to handle God's uncovered truths.
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Live like free men, only do not make your freedom a pretext for doing evil, but live like slaves of God.
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"Who then is the faithful and thoughtful slave, whom his master put in charge of his household, to deal out to the members of it their supplies at the proper time? Blessed is that slave if, when his master comes back, he finds him so doing. I solemnly say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. read more.
But if the slave is bad and says to himself, 'My master is going to be gone a long time,' and begins to beat his fellow-slaves, and keeps on eating and drinking with those who get drunk, the master of that slave will come on the very day he is not expecting him, and will cut him in two, and give him his share with the hypocrites, where they will weep and grind their teeth."
But if the slave is bad and says to himself, 'My master is going to be gone a long time,' and begins to beat his fellow-slaves, and keeps on eating and drinking with those who get drunk, the master of that slave will come on the very day he is not expecting him, and will cut him in two, and give him his share with the hypocrites, where they will weep and grind their teeth."
"You must keep your belts tight and your lamps burning, and be like men waiting for their master when he comes home from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they at once may open the door for him. Happy are those slaves whom the master, when he comes, will find on the watch for him. I solemnly say to you, he will tighten his belt and have them sit at table, and he will go around and wait on them. read more.
Whether he comes before or after midnight, if he finds them so, happy are they. But be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. So you, too, must always be ready, for at an hour that you are not expecting, the Son of Man will come." Peter said to Him, "Lord, do you mean this story for us, or is it for everybody?" And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful, thoughtful manager whom his master will put in charge of his household, to give out the supplies at the proper time? Happy is that slave whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. I tell you truly, he will put him in charge of all his property. But if that slave says to himself, my Master is not coming back for a long time, and begins to beat the men and women slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk, his master will come back some day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour of which he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and give him his share with the unfaithful. That slave who knows his master's wishes and does not get ready or act upon them will be severely punished. But the one who does wrong without knowing it will be lightly punished. Much will be demanded from anyone to whom much has been given; yea, people will demand much more from anyone to whom they have entrusted much.
Whether he comes before or after midnight, if he finds them so, happy are they. But be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. So you, too, must always be ready, for at an hour that you are not expecting, the Son of Man will come." Peter said to Him, "Lord, do you mean this story for us, or is it for everybody?" And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful, thoughtful manager whom his master will put in charge of his household, to give out the supplies at the proper time? Happy is that slave whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. I tell you truly, he will put him in charge of all his property. But if that slave says to himself, my Master is not coming back for a long time, and begins to beat the men and women slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk, his master will come back some day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour of which he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and give him his share with the unfaithful. That slave who knows his master's wishes and does not get ready or act upon them will be severely punished. But the one who does wrong without knowing it will be lightly punished. Much will be demanded from anyone to whom much has been given; yea, people will demand much more from anyone to whom they have entrusted much.
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"What man among you, if he has a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your seat at the table,' but will not rather say to him, 'Get my supper ready, and dress yourself and wait on me until I eat and drink, and you yourself can eat and drink afterward'? Does he praise the slave for doing what he was ordered to do?
and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free." They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and we never have been anybody's slaves. How can you say to us, 'You will be set free'?" Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, everyone who lives in sin is a slave of sin. read more.
Now a slave does not live permanently in a household, but a son does.
Now a slave does not live permanently in a household, but a son does.
Do you not know that when you habitually offer yourselves to anyone for obedience to him, you are slaves to that one whom you are in the habit of obeying, whether it is the slavery to sin whose end is death or to obedience whose end is right-doing? But, thank God, that though you once were slaves of sin, you became obedient from your hearts to that form of teaching in which you have been instructed, and since you have been freed from sin, you have become the slaves of right-doing. read more.
I am speaking in familiar human terms because of the frailty of your nature. For just as you formerly offered the parts of your bodies in slavery to impurity and to ever increasing lawlessness, so now you must once for all offer them in slavery to right-doing, which leads to consecration. For when you were slaves of sin, you were free so far as doing right was concerned. What benefit did you then derive from doing the things of which you are now ashamed? None, for they end in death. But now, since you have been freed from sin and have become the slaves of God, the immediate result is consecration, and the final destiny is eternal life.
I am speaking in familiar human terms because of the frailty of your nature. For just as you formerly offered the parts of your bodies in slavery to impurity and to ever increasing lawlessness, so now you must once for all offer them in slavery to right-doing, which leads to consecration. For when you were slaves of sin, you were free so far as doing right was concerned. What benefit did you then derive from doing the things of which you are now ashamed? None, for they end in death. But now, since you have been freed from sin and have become the slaves of God, the immediate result is consecration, and the final destiny is eternal life.
Were you called while a slave? Stop letting that annoy you. Yet, if you can win your freedom, take advantage of such an opportunity. For the slave who has been called to union with the Lord is the Lord's freedman; in the same way the freeman who has been called is a slave of Christ. You have been bought and actually paid for; stop becoming slaves to men.
Sheep » Figurative » Of the righteous
Then Jesus said to them, "You will all stumble over me, for the Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'
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Then Jesus said to them, "You will all stumble over me tonight, for the Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
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"I most solemnly say to you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over at some other place is a thief and a robber. But the one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. The doorkeeper opens the door to him, and the sheep obey his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. read more.
So when he gets his sheep all out, he goes on before them, and the sheep come on behind him, because they know his voice. But they will never come on behind a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers." Jesus told them this allegory, but they did not understand what He meant by it. So Jesus said to them again: "I most solemnly say to you, I am the door to the sheepfold myself. All who came as such before me are thieves and robbers, but the true sheep would not listen to them. I am the door myself. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. A thief does not come for any purpose but to steal and kill and destroy; I have come for people to have life and have it till it overflows. I am the good shepherd myself. The good shepherd gives his own life for his sheep. The hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf carries off some of the sheep and scatters the flock. This is because he is a hired man and does not care a straw for the sheep. I am the good shepherd myself. I know my sheep and my sheep know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my own life for my sheep. I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will listen to my voice, and all my sheep will become one flock with one shepherd.
So when he gets his sheep all out, he goes on before them, and the sheep come on behind him, because they know his voice. But they will never come on behind a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers." Jesus told them this allegory, but they did not understand what He meant by it. So Jesus said to them again: "I most solemnly say to you, I am the door to the sheepfold myself. All who came as such before me are thieves and robbers, but the true sheep would not listen to them. I am the door myself. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. A thief does not come for any purpose but to steal and kill and destroy; I have come for people to have life and have it till it overflows. I am the good shepherd myself. The good shepherd gives his own life for his sheep. The hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf carries off some of the sheep and scatters the flock. This is because he is a hired man and does not care a straw for the sheep. I am the good shepherd myself. I know my sheep and my sheep know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my own life for my sheep. I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will listen to my voice, and all my sheep will become one flock with one shepherd.
Sheep » Figurative
Sheep » Figurative » Parable of the lost
"What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep, and if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and continue to look for the lost one until he finds it? And when he finds it, with joy he puts it on his shoulders, and when he reaches home he calls in his friends and neighbors, and says to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!' read more.
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents than over ninety-nine upright people who do not need any repentance.
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents than over ninety-nine upright people who do not need any repentance.
Omitted Text. "What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillsides, and go and search for the one that is lost? And if he finds it, I solemnly say to you, he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine that did not get lost.
Sheep » Figurative » Of lost sinners
When He saw the crowds, His heart was moved with pity for them, because they were tired and scattered like sheep without a shepherd.
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but rather to the lost sheep of Israel's house.
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Sheep » Figurative » Of the defenselessness of servants of God (greek: diakonoi)
"Listen! I am sending you out as sheep surrounded by wolves. So you must be sensible like serpents and guileless like doves.
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Sheep » Figurative » Of backsliders
Shepherd » Figurative » Of Christ
May God, who gives us peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, who through the blood by which He ratified the everlasting covenant, is now the Great Shepherd of the sheep,
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for once you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of Your souls.
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Then Jesus said to them, "You will all stumble over me tonight, for the Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
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"I most solemnly say to you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over at some other place is a thief and a robber. But the one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. The doorkeeper opens the door to him, and the sheep obey his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. read more.
So when he gets his sheep all out, he goes on before them, and the sheep come on behind him, because they know his voice. But they will never come on behind a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers." Jesus told them this allegory, but they did not understand what He meant by it. So Jesus said to them again: "I most solemnly say to you, I am the door to the sheepfold myself. All who came as such before me are thieves and robbers, but the true sheep would not listen to them. I am the door myself. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. A thief does not come for any purpose but to steal and kill and destroy; I have come for people to have life and have it till it overflows. I am the good shepherd myself. The good shepherd gives his own life for his sheep. The hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf carries off some of the sheep and scatters the flock. This is because he is a hired man and does not care a straw for the sheep. I am the good shepherd myself. I know my sheep and my sheep know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my own life for my sheep. I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will listen to my voice, and all my sheep will become one flock with one shepherd.
So when he gets his sheep all out, he goes on before them, and the sheep come on behind him, because they know his voice. But they will never come on behind a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers." Jesus told them this allegory, but they did not understand what He meant by it. So Jesus said to them again: "I most solemnly say to you, I am the door to the sheepfold myself. All who came as such before me are thieves and robbers, but the true sheep would not listen to them. I am the door myself. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. A thief does not come for any purpose but to steal and kill and destroy; I have come for people to have life and have it till it overflows. I am the good shepherd myself. The good shepherd gives his own life for his sheep. The hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf carries off some of the sheep and scatters the flock. This is because he is a hired man and does not care a straw for the sheep. I am the good shepherd myself. I know my sheep and my sheep know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my own life for my sheep. I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will listen to my voice, and all my sheep will become one flock with one shepherd.
Shepherd » Figurative » A name given to jesus
I am the good shepherd myself. The good shepherd gives his own life for his sheep.
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for once you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of Your souls.
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Then Jesus said to them, "You will all stumble over me, for the Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'
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and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the glorious crown that never fades.
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Shepherd » Figurative » Of God's care
Shepherd » Figurative » A name given to cyrus
Shepherd » Figurative
Shepherd » Figurative » Of prophets, priests, levites, and civil authorities
Shield » Figurative » Of God's protection
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Shield » Figurative » Of an entire army
Shield » Figurative » Of God's truth
The sick » Figurative
Sickle » Figurative » Of the judgments of God
Then I looked, and there was a bright cloud with one seated on it like the Son of man, with a crown of gold on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. Then another angel came out of the temple and cried in a loud voice to Him who was seated on the cloud, "Put forth your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, because the earth's harvest is ripe." So He who was seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped. read more.
Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. And another angel came from the altar, who had power over the fire, and he called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put forth your sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are fully ripe." So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth's vine, and flung them into the wine press of God's wrath,
Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. And another angel came from the altar, who had power over the fire, and he called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put forth your sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are fully ripe." So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth's vine, and flung them into the wine press of God's wrath,
Sieve » Figurative
"Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked permission to sift all of you like wheat,
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Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » Figurative
This is spoken as an allegory. For these women are two covenants, one coming from Mount Sinai, bearing children that are to be slaves; that is, Hagar (and Hagar means Mount Sinai, in Arabia) and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for Jerusalem is in slavery with her children.
Smoke » Figurative
Snare » Figurative » Of the devices of evil people to deceive the righteous
Snare » Figurative » Of the evils in life of wicked people
Snow » Figurative » Of purity
Sodom » Figurative » Of wickedness
Soldiers » Figurative » Of the Christian
You must put on God's full armor, so as to be able to stand up against the devil's stratagems. For our contest is not with human foes alone, but with the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark world; that is, with the spirit-forces of evil challenging us in the heavenly contest. So you must take on God's full armor, so as to be able to take a stand in the day when evil attacks you, and, after having completely finished the contest, to hold your own. read more.
Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail, and put on your feet the preparation the good news of peace supplies. Besides all these, take on the shield which faith provides, for with it you will be able to put out all the fire-tipped arrows shot by the evil one, take the helmet salvation provides, and take the sword the Spirit wields, which is the word of God.
Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail, and put on your feet the preparation the good news of peace supplies. Besides all these, take on the shield which faith provides, for with it you will be able to put out all the fire-tipped arrows shot by the evil one, take the helmet salvation provides, and take the sword the Spirit wields, which is the word of God.
Take your share of hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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Soldiers » Figurative » Of the divine protection
Soldiers » Figurative » Jesus called captain of our salvation
For it was appropriate for Him, who is the Final Goal and the First Cause of the universe, in bringing many children to glory, to make the Leader in their salvation perfect through the process of sufferings.
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Son » Figurative » Of a person's relation to God
Sower » Figurative
Do not be deceived anymore; God is not to be scoffed at. A person will reap just what he sows, whatever it is. The person who sows to gratify his lower nature will reap destruction from that lower nature, and the person who sows to gratify his higher nature will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
Spring » Figurative » Corrupt
A fountain cannot pour from the same opening fresh and brackish water, can it?
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Standard » Figurative
Stars » Figurative » Seven stars of the seven congregations
The open secret of the seven stars that you have seen in my right hand, and of the seven golden lampstands, is this: The seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
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In His right hand He was holding seven stars, and a sharp, double-edged sword was coming out of His mouth, and His face was shining like the sun at midday.
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Stars » Figurative » Of the deliverer
Stars » Figurative » Crown of twelve stars
Then a great symbol was seen in heaven -- a woman clothed in the sun with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
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Steward » Figurative » Must be faithful
For as God's trustee a pastor must be above reproach, not stubborn or quick-tempered or addicted to strong drink or pugnacious or addicted to dishonest gain,
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As all of you have received your spiritual talents, you must keep on using them in serving one another, as good trustees of God's many-sided favor.
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As for us apostles, men ought to think of us as ministers of Christ and trustees to handle God's uncovered truths. Now in this matter of trustees the first and final requirement is that they should prove to be trustworthy.
Steward » Figurative » The faithful steward described
"You must keep your belts tight and your lamps burning, and be like men waiting for their master when he comes home from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they at once may open the door for him. Happy are those slaves whom the master, when he comes, will find on the watch for him. I solemnly say to you, he will tighten his belt and have them sit at table, and he will go around and wait on them. read more.
Whether he comes before or after midnight, if he finds them so, happy are they.
Whether he comes before or after midnight, if he finds them so, happy are they.
And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful, thoughtful manager whom his master will put in charge of his household, to give out the supplies at the proper time?
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Steward » Figurative » See the parable » Of the pounds
So He said: "Once upon a time a man of noble birth went off to a distant country to get for himself a kingdom and then return. He called in ten of his slaves and gave them twenty dollars apiece and told them to do business with his money while he was gone. But his citizens continued to hate him, and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to become king over us.' read more.
Then after he had gotten the appointment as king, he returned and ordered those slaves to whom he had given his money to be called in, that he might find out what business they had done. Now the first one came in and said, 'Your twenty dollars, sir, has made two hundred more.' So he said to him, 'Well done, my good slave! Because you have proven dependable in a very small business, be governor of ten cities!' The second one came in and said, 'Your twenty dollars, sir, has made a hundred!' So he said to him too, 'Be governor of five cities? But another one came in and said, 'Here is your twenty dollars, sir, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief. For I lived in constant dread of you, because you are a stern man, you pick up what you did not put down, you reap what you did not sow.' He said to him, 'On the ground of what you say I will sentence you, you wicked slave! You knew that I was a stern man, that I picked up what I did not put down, and reaped what I did not sow. So why did you not put my money into the bank? In that case, when I came back I could have gotten interest on my principal.' So he said to the bystanders, 'Take the twenty dollars away from him and give it to the man who has the two hundred.' And they said, 'Sir, he has two hundred already.' 'I tell you, the man who gets will have more given to him, but the man who does not get will have even what he has taken away from him! But bring those enemies of mine here who did not want me to become king over them and slay them in my presence!'"
Then after he had gotten the appointment as king, he returned and ordered those slaves to whom he had given his money to be called in, that he might find out what business they had done. Now the first one came in and said, 'Your twenty dollars, sir, has made two hundred more.' So he said to him, 'Well done, my good slave! Because you have proven dependable in a very small business, be governor of ten cities!' The second one came in and said, 'Your twenty dollars, sir, has made a hundred!' So he said to him too, 'Be governor of five cities? But another one came in and said, 'Here is your twenty dollars, sir, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief. For I lived in constant dread of you, because you are a stern man, you pick up what you did not put down, you reap what you did not sow.' He said to him, 'On the ground of what you say I will sentence you, you wicked slave! You knew that I was a stern man, that I picked up what I did not put down, and reaped what I did not sow. So why did you not put my money into the bank? In that case, when I came back I could have gotten interest on my principal.' So he said to the bystanders, 'Take the twenty dollars away from him and give it to the man who has the two hundred.' And they said, 'Sir, he has two hundred already.' 'I tell you, the man who gets will have more given to him, but the man who does not get will have even what he has taken away from him! But bring those enemies of mine here who did not want me to become king over them and slay them in my presence!'"
Steward » Figurative » See the parable » Of the talents
"For it is just like a man who was going on a long journey from his homeland, who called to him his slaves and turned his property over to them. He gave one five thousand dollars, another two thousand, another one thousand, to each in accordance with his ability. Then he started on his long journey. The man who had received the five thousand dollars at once went out and invested it, and made five thousand more. read more.
In the same way the man who had received the two thousand made two thousand more. But the man who had received the one thousand went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master's money. After a long time the master of those slaves came back and settled accounts with them. The man who had received the five thousand dollars came up and brought him five thousand more, saying, 'You turned over to me five thousand dollars; here are five thousand more I made.' His master said to him 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!' Then the man who had received the two thousand came up and said, 'Master, you turned over to me two thousand dollars; here are two thousand more I made.' His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!' Then the man who had received the one thousand came up and said, 'Master, I knew you were a hard man, who reaped where you had not sown, who gathered where you had not threshed. So I was afraid, and went off and buried your thousand dollars in the ground. Here is your money.' His master answered him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not threshed. So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest. So take the thousand dollars away from him and give it to him who has ten thousand. For the man who has will have more given to him, even till it overflows, but from the man who has nothing even what he has will be taken away. And throw the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness on the outside, where he will weep and grind his teeth.'
In the same way the man who had received the two thousand made two thousand more. But the man who had received the one thousand went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master's money. After a long time the master of those slaves came back and settled accounts with them. The man who had received the five thousand dollars came up and brought him five thousand more, saying, 'You turned over to me five thousand dollars; here are five thousand more I made.' His master said to him 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!' Then the man who had received the two thousand came up and said, 'Master, you turned over to me two thousand dollars; here are two thousand more I made.' His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!' Then the man who had received the one thousand came up and said, 'Master, I knew you were a hard man, who reaped where you had not sown, who gathered where you had not threshed. So I was afraid, and went off and buried your thousand dollars in the ground. Here is your money.' His master answered him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not threshed. So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest. So take the thousand dollars away from him and give it to him who has ten thousand. For the man who has will have more given to him, even till it overflows, but from the man who has nothing even what he has will be taken away. And throw the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness on the outside, where he will weep and grind his teeth.'
Steward » Figurative » The unfaithful, described
Now He was saying to the disciples: "Once there was a rich man who had a household manager, and he was accused to his master of squandering the latter's property. So he called the manager to him and said, 'What is this that I am hearing about you? Balance your accounts and show how you are conducting my affairs, for you cannot be manager any longer.' Then the manager said to himself, What shall I do, because my master is going to take my position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. read more.
I know what I will do -- I will ask them to take me into their homes when I am removed from my position. So he called in each of his master's debtors, and asked the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?' He answered, 'Nine hundred gallons of oil.' Then he said to him, 'Take your bill and sit right down and write four hundred and fifty.' Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' He answered, 'Twelve hundred bushels of wheat:' He said to him, 'Take your bill and write nine hundred and sixty.' And his master praised the dishonest manager, because he acted with shrewd business sense, for the men of the world act with more business sense toward their fellows than the men who enjoy spiritual light.
I know what I will do -- I will ask them to take me into their homes when I am removed from my position. So he called in each of his master's debtors, and asked the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?' He answered, 'Nine hundred gallons of oil.' Then he said to him, 'Take your bill and sit right down and write four hundred and fifty.' Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' He answered, 'Twelve hundred bushels of wheat:' He said to him, 'Take your bill and write nine hundred and sixty.' And his master praised the dishonest manager, because he acted with shrewd business sense, for the men of the world act with more business sense toward their fellows than the men who enjoy spiritual light.
Stones » Figurative » Of Christ's rejection, the rejected conerstone
He is the stone that was thrown away by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.
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Have you never read this passage of Scripture: "'That stone which the builders threw away has now become the cornerstone;
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Keep on coming to Him, as to a living stone, rejected by men but chosen by God and precious in His sight,
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Then Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures: 'That stone which the builders threw away has become the cornerstone; this is the work of the Lord and seems wonderful to us!' "This, I tell you, is why the kingdom will be taken away from you, and given to a people who will pay a fair rent for it. Who ever falls upon that stone will be broken to pieces, but whomever it falls upon will be crushed to powder."
But He glanced at them and said, "Then what does this Scripture mean: 'That stone which the builders threw away has now become the cornerstone'? Everyone who falls upon that stone will be shattered, and he on whom it falls will be crushed to dust."
Stones » Figurative » The true foundation
for you are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself the cornerstone.
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for no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is laid, that is, Jesus Christ Himself.
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And I, yes I, tell you, your name from now on is to be Peter, Rock, and on a massive rock like this I will build my church, and the powers of the underworld shall never overthrow it.
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The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the Lamb's twelve apostles.
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Stones » Figurative » Of temptation, "stone of stumbling,"
as the Scripture says: "See, I put on Zion a stone for causing people to stumble, a rock to trip them on, but no one who puts his faith in it will ever be put to shame."
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and: "A stone for them to stumble over and a rock to trip them up." They keep on stumbling over the message, because they are disobedient to it, and this is their appointed doom.
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Stones » Figurative
Stones » Figurative » Of Christ, "a tested stone," "a precious stone," "a sure foundation,"
Stones » Figurative » Of the impenitent heart
Stones » Figurative » Of Christ, the water of life
and all drank the same spiritual drink -- for they continued to drink the water from the spiritual Rock which accompanied them, and that Rock was the Christ --
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Stones » Figurative » Of the witness of the spirit, the white stone
Let everyone who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give to him who conquers some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone with a new name written on it which no one knows except the man who receives it."'"
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Stork » Figurative
Straight » Figurative » Of righteousness, "straight paths,"
This is he who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah, when he said: "Here is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; Make the paths straight for him.'"
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and keep your feet in straight paths, so that limbs may not be dislocated, but instead be cured.
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Stubble » Figurative » Of wicked people
Stumbling » Figurative » Stumbling-block
Yet I hold it somewhat against you that you have among you some who are clinging to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to set a trap for the children of Israel, to entice them to eat the meat that had been sacrificed to idols and to commit immoral practices.
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Then let us stop criticizing one another; instead, do this, determine to stop putting stumbling blocks or hindrances in your brother's way.
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we are preaching the Christ who was crucified -- a message that is a trap-stick to the Jews and nonsense to the Greeks,
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A curse on you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to the door of knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you kept out those who tried to get in."
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And David said: "Let their food become a snare and a trap to them, their pitfall and retribution;
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But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become a stumbling block to overscrupulous people. For if somebody sees you, who have an intelligent view of this matter, partaking of a meal in an idol's temple, will he not be emboldened, with his overscrupulous conscience, to eat the food which has been sacrificed to an idol? Yes, the overscrupulous brother, for whom Christ died, is ruined by your so-called knowledge. read more.
Now if in such a way you sin against your brothers and wound their overscrupulous consciences, you are actually sinning against Christ. So then, if food can make my brother fall, I will never, no, never, eat meat again, in order to keep my brother from falling.
Now if in such a way you sin against your brothers and wound their overscrupulous consciences, you are actually sinning against Christ. So then, if food can make my brother fall, I will never, no, never, eat meat again, in order to keep my brother from falling.
Stumbling » Figurative » Stone of
You must continue to love Him, although you have never seen Him, but because you do believe in Him, although you do not now see Him, you must continue to rejoice with an unutterable and triumphant joy,
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Why? Because they did not try through faith but through what they could do. They have stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble, as the Scripture says: "See, I put on Zion a stone for causing people to stumble, a rock to trip them on, but no one who puts his faith in it will ever be put to shame."
Stumbling » Figurative » Causes of
Sun » Figurative
Then a great symbol was seen in heaven -- a woman clothed in the sun with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
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Then I saw an angel standing on the sun, and in a loud voice shouting to all the birds that fly in mid-air: "Come! Gather for God's great banquet,
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In His right hand He was holding seven stars, and a sharp, double-edged sword was coming out of His mouth, and His face was shining like the sun at midday.
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The sun » Figurative
Swords » Figurative » Of judgments
Swords » Figurative » Of the malicious tongue
Swords » Figurative » Of war
Tables » An article of furniture » Figurative
for you are always showing that you are a letter of Christ, produced by my service, written not in ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.
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Tables » A slab upon which inscriptions were made » Figurative
Tables » An article of furniture » Figurative » Of the altar
Tables » An article of furniture » Figurative » Of the lord's supper
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot eat at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons.
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Tables » An article of furniture » Figurative » Of idolatrous feasts
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot eat at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons.
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Tables » An article of furniture » Figurative » Of charities
So the Twelve called together the whole body of the disciples, and said, "It is not desirable that we should leave off preaching the word of God to wait on tables.
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Tears » Figurative
Temple » Figurative » Of the ekklesia (body of Christ)
the one who keeps up his opposition and so far exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, that he actually takes his seat in the sanctuary of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
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I will make him who conquers a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall never again go out of it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
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In union with Him the whole building is harmoniously fitted together and continues to grow into a temple, sacred through its union with the Lord,
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Temple » Figurative » Of the corpse of jesus
Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it in three days."
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and saying, "You who would tear down the temple and build another in three days, save yourself! If you are really the Son of God, come down from the cross."
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and said, "This man said, 'I can tear down the temple of God, and build it again in three days.'"
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Temple » Figurative » Of Christ, the head of the ekklesia (his community, his body, cf
I am now glad to be suffering for you, and in my own person I am filling in what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for His body, that is, the church.
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Yes, He is the Head of the church as His body. For He is the beginning, the first-born among the dead, so that He alone should stand first in everything.
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And so He has put all things under His feet and made Him the supreme Head of the church, which is His body, that is being filled by Him who fills everything everywhere.
Temple » Figurative » Of the indwelling of God
Are you not conscious that you are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God has His permanent home in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is sacred to Him, and you are that temple.
And what agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live in them and walk in them, and I will be their God and they will be my people."
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Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
After this I looked, and the sanctuary of the tent of testimony was thrown open in heaven, and the seven angels bringing the seven plagues came out of the sanctuary. They were clothed in clean, brilliant linen and had belts of gold around their breasts. Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven bowls of gold, full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever, read more.
(15:7) and the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory and power of God, and no one could go into the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were at an end.
(15:7) and the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory and power of God, and no one could go into the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were at an end.
Then I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary say to the seven angels: "Go and empty the seven bowls of God's wrath upon the earth." So the first angel went and emptied his bowl upon the earth, and horrible, painful sores broke out on the men who bore the mark of the wild beast and worshiped his statue. Then the second angel emptied his bowl into the sea, and it turned into blood like a dead man's, and every living thing that was in the sea died. read more.
Then the third angel emptied his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood. Then I heard the angel of the waters say: "You are just in passing such a sentence, you who are and were, you the Holy One. Because they have shed the blood of your people and prophets, you have given them blood to drink; they deserve it." And I heard the altar say, "Yes, Lord God Almighty! Your sentences are true and just." Then the fourth angel emptied his bowl upon the sun, and permission was given it to scorch mankind with its fiery heat, so that men were severely scorched, but they only cursed the name of God who had authority over these plagues, and would not repent and give Him glory. Then the fifth angel emptied his bowl upon the throne of the wild beast, and his kingdom was shrouded in darkness, and men in agony gnawed their tongues, and cursed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and sores, but they would not repent of what they had done. Then the sixth angel emptied his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and its waters were dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east. Then I saw three foul spirits leap like frogs from the mouth of the dragon, from the mouth of the wild beast, and from the mouth of the false prophet. They are the spirits of demons that perform wonders, and they go forth to the kings of the whole world, to muster them for battle on the great day of the Almighty God. (See! I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes ready, so that he may not go naked and people see his shame.) So they mustered the kings at the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon. Then the seventh angel emptied his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the sanctuary from the throne, saying, "It is done."
Then the third angel emptied his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood. Then I heard the angel of the waters say: "You are just in passing such a sentence, you who are and were, you the Holy One. Because they have shed the blood of your people and prophets, you have given them blood to drink; they deserve it." And I heard the altar say, "Yes, Lord God Almighty! Your sentences are true and just." Then the fourth angel emptied his bowl upon the sun, and permission was given it to scorch mankind with its fiery heat, so that men were severely scorched, but they only cursed the name of God who had authority over these plagues, and would not repent and give Him glory. Then the fifth angel emptied his bowl upon the throne of the wild beast, and his kingdom was shrouded in darkness, and men in agony gnawed their tongues, and cursed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and sores, but they would not repent of what they had done. Then the sixth angel emptied his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and its waters were dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east. Then I saw three foul spirits leap like frogs from the mouth of the dragon, from the mouth of the wild beast, and from the mouth of the false prophet. They are the spirits of demons that perform wonders, and they go forth to the kings of the whole world, to muster them for battle on the great day of the Almighty God. (See! I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes ready, so that he may not go naked and people see his shame.) So they mustered the kings at the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon. Then the seventh angel emptied his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the sanctuary from the throne, saying, "It is done."
Temple » Figurative » Of the kingdom of Christ
Then another angel came out of the temple and cried in a loud voice to Him who was seated on the cloud, "Put forth your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, because the earth's harvest is ripe."
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Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
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Theft and thieves » Figurative
Thorn » Figurative » Of afflictions
So, to keep me from being over-elated, there was sent upon me a physical disease, sharp as a piercing stake, a messenger of Satan, to continue afflicting me, and so to keep me, I repeat, from being over-elated.
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Thorn » Figurative » Of the evils that spring from the heart to choke the truth
And what was sown among the thorns illustrates the man who hears the message, and the worries of the times and the pleasures of being rich choke the truth out, and he yields no fruit.
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And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them out.
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Thorn » Figurative » Of the adversities of the wicked
Throne » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Of God
They were singing a new song before the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders, and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.
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keeping our eyes on Jesus, the perfect leader and example of faith, who, instead of the joy which lay before Him, endured the cross with no regard for its shame, and since has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Now the main point in what I am saying is this: We have such a High Priest as this, one who has taken His seat at the right hand of God's majestic throne in heaven
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and they have never been known to tell a lie with their lips; they are blameless.
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But I tell you not to swear at all, either by heaven, for it is God's throne,
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whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.
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Throne » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Of Christ
Then the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, "Amen! Praise the Lord!"
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"When the Son of Man comes in His splendor, and all the angels with Him, He will take His seat on His splendid throne,
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Jesus said to them: "I solemnly say to you, in the new order of life, when the Son of Man shall take His seat on His glorious throne, you too, who have followed me, will sit on twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
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John to the seven churches in Asia: spiritual blessing and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spirits that are before His throne,
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I will give to him who conquers the privilege of taking his seat with me on my throne, just as I have conquered and taken my seat with my Father on His throne.
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So, as he was a prophet and knew that God with an oath had promised to put one of his descendants on his throne,
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No longer will there be anything that has a curse on it. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and His slaves will worship Him,
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After this I looked, and there was a vast throng that no one could count from every nation, tribe, people, and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and they cried in a loud voice: "Our salvation is due to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb." Then all the angels stood around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, read more.
saying: "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen!" Then one of the elders addressed me and said, "Who are these people clothed in white robes, and where did they come from?" I answered him, "You know, my lord." He said to me: "These are the people who are coming through the great persecution, who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. This is why they are before the throne of God, and day and night serve Him in His temple, and He who is seated on His throne will shelter them in His tent. They will never again be hungry or thirsty, and never again will the sun strike them, or any scorching heat, because the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will be their Shepherd, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."
saying: "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen!" Then one of the elders addressed me and said, "Who are these people clothed in white robes, and where did they come from?" I answered him, "You know, my lord." He said to me: "These are the people who are coming through the great persecution, who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. This is why they are before the throne of God, and day and night serve Him in His temple, and He who is seated on His throne will shelter them in His tent. They will never again be hungry or thirsty, and never again will the sun strike them, or any scorching heat, because the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will be their Shepherd, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."
Then He who was seated on the throne said, "See! I am making everything new." He continued, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true."
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Immediately I was under the Spirit's power, and I saw a throne in heaven with One seated on it. The One who was seated on it looked like jasper or sardius, and around the throne there was a rainbow that looked like an emerald. Around the throne there were twenty-four thrones, with twenty-four elders seated on them, clothed in white and with crowns of gold on their heads. read more.
Out from the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder, while in front of it seven flaming lamps were burning; they were the seven spirits of God. Also in front of the throne there was something like a sea of glass as clear as crystal. Around the throne, at the middle of each side were four living creatures dotted with eyes in front and behind, The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man's, and the fourth was like an eagle flying. And the four living creatures have each of them six wings, and they are dotted with eyes all around and beneath the wings. And day and night they never cease saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and is and is to come." And whenever the living creatures offer glory, honor, and thanksgiving to Him who is seated on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who is seated on the throne, and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and they throw their crowns in front of the throne, and say:
Out from the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder, while in front of it seven flaming lamps were burning; they were the seven spirits of God. Also in front of the throne there was something like a sea of glass as clear as crystal. Around the throne, at the middle of each side were four living creatures dotted with eyes in front and behind, The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man's, and the fourth was like an eagle flying. And the four living creatures have each of them six wings, and they are dotted with eyes all around and beneath the wings. And day and night they never cease saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and is and is to come." And whenever the living creatures offer glory, honor, and thanksgiving to Him who is seated on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who is seated on the throne, and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and they throw their crowns in front of the throne, and say:
Tower » Figurative » Of divine protection
Treasure » Figurative » Of the graces of the spirit
Treasure » Figurative » Of the object of the affections
For wherever your treasure is, there too your heart will be.
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For wherever your treasure is, there too your heart will be.
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Treasure » Figurative » Of spiritual understanding
in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are stored up.
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He said to them, "Every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who can bring out of his storeroom new furnishings as well as old."
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Treasure » Figurative » Of spiritual calling
For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in my heart, to give me the light of the knowledge of God's glory, reflected on the face of Christ. But I am keeping this jewel in an earthen jar, to prove that its surpassing power is God's, not mine.
Treasure » Figurative » Parable of
"The kingdom of heaven is like a pot of gold which was buried in a field, which a man found and buried again; and for joy over it he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
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Treasure » Figurative » Gospel called
But I am keeping this jewel in an earthen jar, to prove that its surpassing power is God's, not mine.
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Trumpet » Figurative
So whenever you do your deeds of charity, never blow your own horn in public, as the hypocrites are in the habit of doing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to be praised by the people. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward.
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Unction » Figurative
But you have been anointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth;
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The anointing of the Spirit which you received still remains in your hearts, and so you have no need that anyone should teach you. But just as that anointing of His teaches you about everything, and as it is true and no falsehood, and as it has taught you to do so, you must continue to live in union with Him.
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Unicorn » Figurative » Of the judgments of God
Veil » Figurative
the new and living way which He opened for us, through the curtain, that is, His physical nature,
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Viper » Figurative
You serpents! You brood of vipers! How can you escape a sentence to the pit!
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But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?
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So he used to say to the crowds that continued to come out there to be baptized by him: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?
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Virgin » Figurative » Of the body of Christ (the ekklesia)
For I feel a divine jealousy for you, as I betrothed you to Christ, to present you as a pure bride to her one husband.
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Virgin » Figurative » Of personal purity
These are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women, for they are as pure as virgins, These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been redeemed from among men as the first fruits for God and the Lamb,
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About unmarried women I have no command from the Lord, but I will give you my opinion as of one who is trustworthy, since I have had mercy shown me by the Lord.
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But the father who stands firm in his purpose, without having any necessity for doing so, and he has made the decision in his own heart to keep her single, will do what is right.
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of the cities Walls » Figurative » Of the new jerusalem
The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the Lamb's twelve apostles.
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It had a great, high wall, with twelve huge gates, and twelve angels in charge of the gates, which had inscribed upon them the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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He measured its wall, two hundred and sixteen feet as a man measures, which is the way the angel measured. The material of its wall was jasper, but the city itself was pure gold, as transparent as glass. The foundation stones of the city's wall were ornamented with all sorts of precious stones. The first foundation stone was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, read more.
the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate built of a single pearl. The Broadway of the city was pure gold, as transparent as glass.
the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate built of a single pearl. The Broadway of the city was pure gold, as transparent as glass.
War » Figurative » Is against » The Devil
Be calm and alert. Your opponent the devil is always prowling about like a roaring lion, trying to devour you.
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So then, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will fly from you.
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to keep us from being worsted by Satan, for we know what his intentions are.
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So the dragon was enraged against the woman, and he went off to make war with the rest of her descendants, who continue to keep God's commands and to bear testimony to Jesus.
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that we who had first put our hope in Christ might praise His glory.
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War » Figurative » Is against » The flesh
So, to keep me from being over-elated, there was sent upon me a physical disease, sharp as a piercing stake, a messenger of Satan, to continue afflicting me, and so to keep me, I repeat, from being over-elated.
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but I see another power operating in my lower nature in conflict with the power operated by my reason, which makes me a prisoner to the power of sin which is operating in my lower nature.
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Dearly beloved, I beg you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the evil desires of your lower nature, because they are always at war with the soul.
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For the cravings of the lower nature are just the opposite to those of the Spirit, and the cravings of the Spirit are just the opposite of those of the lower nature; these two are opposed to each other, so that you cannot do anything you please.
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Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers. So that is the way I run, with no uncertainty as to winning. That is the way I box, not like one that punches the air. But I keep on beating and bruising my body and making it my slave, so that I, after I have summoned others to the race, may not myself become unfit to run.
War » Figurative » Armor for » Over death and the grave
And when this part once capable of dying puts on the body that can never die, then what the Scripture says will come true, "Death has been swallowed up in victory. O Death, where is your victory now? O Death, where is your sting?"
War » Figurative » Armor for » Through Christ
but He said to me, "My spiritual strength is sufficient, for it is only by means of conscious weakness that perfect power is developed."
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But they have conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the message to which they bore testimony, because they did not cling to life but courted death.
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Thank God! It has been done through Jesus Christ our Lord! So in my higher nature I am a slave to the law of God, but in my lower nature, to the law of sin.
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But thank God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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War » Figurative » Encouraged in
You are children of God, dear children, and you have conquered these men, because He who is in our hearts is greater than he who is in the world.
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War » Figurative » To be carried on » With steadfastness in the faith
Be always on your guard; stand firm in your faith; keep on acting like men; continue to grow in strength;
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let us, without ever wavering, keep on holding to the hope that we profess, for He is to be trusted who has made the promise,
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Resist him and be strong in faith, because you know that your brotherhood all over the world is experiencing the same sort of sufferings.
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War » Figurative » Is against » death
Since then the children mentioned share our mortal nature, He too took on Himself a full share of the same, in order that He by His death might put a stop to the power of him who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and set at liberty those who all their lifetime had been subject to slavery because of their dread of death.
Death is the last enemy to be stopped,
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War » Figurative » Strengthened by God in
War » Figurative » Helped by God in
War » Figurative » Armor for » By faith
for every child of God continues to conquer the world. Our faith is the victory that has conquered the world. Now who is it that continues to conquer the world, if it is not the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
who by their faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, received new promises, shut the mouths of lions, stopped the force of fire, escaped from dying by the sword, out of weakness found great strength, grew mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women by a resurrection received their dead again; others endured tortures, because they would not accept release, that they might rise to a better life. read more.
Still others stood the test of taunts and tortures, and even chains and prisons. They were stoned to death, they were tortured to death, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. With nothing on their bodies but skins of sheep or goats they wandered here and there, destitute, oppressed, mistreated --
Still others stood the test of taunts and tortures, and even chains and prisons. They were stoned to death, they were tortured to death, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. With nothing on their bodies but skins of sheep or goats they wandered here and there, destitute, oppressed, mistreated --
War » Figurative » Often arises from the opposition of friends or relatives
For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and a man's enemies will be members of his own family.
War » Figurative » Is against » The world
I have told you these things, that you through union with me may have peace. In the world you have trouble, but be courageous! I have conquered the world."
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for every child of God continues to conquer the world. Our faith is the victory that has conquered the world. Now who is it that continues to conquer the world, if it is not the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
War » Figurative » Is against » Enemies
War » Figurative » To be carried on » With prayer
Keep on praying in the Spirit, with every kind of prayer and entreaty, at every opportunity, be ever on the alert with perfect devotion and entreaty for all God's people,
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War » Figurative » Armor for » Victory in, is from God
But thanks be to God, for He always leads me in His triumphal train, through union with Christ, and everywhere through me keeps spreading the perfume of the knowledge of Him.
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But thank God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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War » Figurative » Armor for » Over the flesh
And those who belong to Jesus the Christ have crucified the lower nature with its passions and evil cravings.
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Wretched man that I am! Who can save me from this deadly lower nature? Thank God! It has been done through Jesus Christ our Lord! So in my higher nature I am a slave to the law of God, but in my lower nature, to the law of sin.
War » Figurative » Strengthened by Christ in
But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that the message preached by me might have its full effect and all the heathen might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's jaws.
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but He said to me, "My spiritual strength is sufficient, for it is only by means of conscious weakness that perfect power is developed."
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War » Figurative » Exhorted to diligence in
Keep up the good fight for the faith. Keep your hold on eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the good profession of faith.
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Dearly beloved, while I was doing my best to begin writing you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write and urge you to carry on a vigorous defense of the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's people.
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War » Figurative » Thank God for victory in
Thank God! It has been done through Jesus Christ our Lord! So in my higher nature I am a slave to the law of God, but in my lower nature, to the law of sin.
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But thank God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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War » Figurative » To be carried on » With watchfulness
Be calm and alert. Your opponent the devil is always prowling about like a roaring lion, trying to devour you.
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Be always on your guard; stand firm in your faith; keep on acting like men; continue to grow in strength;
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War » Figurative » Armor for » Must be put on
You must put on God's full armor, so as to be able to stand up against the devil's stratagems.
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The night has almost passed; the day is at hand. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
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War » Figurative » Armor for » Over the devil
Now the peace-giving God will soon crush Satan under your feet. The spiritual blessing of our Lord Jesus be with you.
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I write to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and God's message is always in your hearts, and you have conquered the evil one.
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War » Figurative » Armor for » The helmet of salvation
but let us who belong to the day keep sober, clothed with faith and love for a coat of mail and with the hope of salvation for a helmet.
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take the helmet salvation provides, and take the sword the Spirit wields, which is the word of God.
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War » Figurative » Armor for » Triumphant
And yet in all these things we keep on gloriously conquering through Him who loved us.
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For I am demolishing arguments and every barrier that is raised against the genuine knowledge of God, taking captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ,
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War » Figurative » To be carried on » With sobriety
Be calm and alert. Your opponent the devil is always prowling about like a roaring lion, trying to devour you.
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So let us stop sleeping as others do, but let us stay awake and keep sober.
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War » Figurative » Must stand firm in
So you must take on God's full armor, so as to be able to take a stand in the day when evil attacks you, and, after having completely finished the contest, to hold your own. Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail,
War » Figurative » Is a good warfare
This is the instruction which I entrust to you, my son Timothy, which is in accordance with the prophetic utterances formerly made about you, that you may, aided by them, continue to fight the good fight, by keeping your hold on faith and a good conscience; for some have thrust the latter aside and so have made shipwreck of their faith.
War » Figurative » To be carried on » With self-denial
Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers. So that is the way I run, with no uncertainty as to winning. That is the way I box, not like one that punches the air. But I keep on beating and bruising my body and making it my slave, so that I, after I have summoned others to the race, may not myself become unfit to run.
War » Figurative » To be carried on » With a good conscience
This is the instruction which I entrust to you, my son Timothy, which is in accordance with the prophetic utterances formerly made about you, that you may, aided by them, continue to fight the good fight, by keeping your hold on faith and a good conscience; for some have thrust the latter aside and so have made shipwreck of their faith.
War » Figurative » To be carried on » With faith
This is the instruction which I entrust to you, my son Timothy, which is in accordance with the prophetic utterances formerly made about you, that you may, aided by them, continue to fight the good fight, by keeping your hold on faith and a good conscience; for some have thrust the latter aside and so have made shipwreck of their faith.
War » Figurative » To be carried on » With endurance of hardness
Take your share of hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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For this reason I am bearing anything for the sake of His chosen people, so that they too may obtain the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.
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War » Figurative » Armor for » Mighty through God
for the weapons used in my warfare are not mere human ones, but through my God are mighty for demolishing fortresses. For I am demolishing arguments and every barrier that is raised against the genuine knowledge of God, taking captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ,
War » Figurative » Comforted by God in
For even after I had gotten to Macedonia, my frail, human nature could find no relief; I was crushed with sorrow at every turn -- fighting without and fears within. But God, who comforts the downhearted, comforted me by the coming of Titus,
War » Figurative » To be carried on » With confidence in God
War » Figurative » Armor for » Over the world
for every child of God continues to conquer the world. Our faith is the victory that has conquered the world. Now who is it that continues to conquer the world, if it is not the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
War » Figurative » Saints are all engaged in
since you are having the same struggle that you once saw me have and which you hear that I am still having.
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War » Figurative » Called the good fight of faith
Keep up the good fight for the faith. Keep your hold on eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the good profession of faith.
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War » Figurative » Delivered by Christ in
The Lord will rescue me from every wicked work and save me to His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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War » Figurative » Protected by God in
War » Figurative » Warfare of saints » Is not after the flesh
For though I do still live the life of a physical human creature, I am not waging this war in accordance with physical human standards,
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War » Figurative » To be carried on » Under Christ, as our captain
For it was appropriate for Him, who is the Final Goal and the First Cause of the universe, in bringing many children to glory, to make the Leader in their salvation perfect through the process of sufferings.
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War » Figurative » To be carried on » With earnestness
Dearly beloved, while I was doing my best to begin writing you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write and urge you to carry on a vigorous defense of the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's people.
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War » Figurative » Armor for » Not carnal
for the weapons used in my warfare are not mere human ones, but through my God are mighty for demolishing fortresses.
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War » Figurative » Armor for » Over all that exalts itself
For I am demolishing arguments and every barrier that is raised against the genuine knowledge of God, taking captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ,
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War » Figurative » Armor for » Called "the armor of God,"
You must put on God's full armor, so as to be able to stand up against the devil's stratagems.
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War » Figurative » Armor for » The whole, is required
So you must take on God's full armor, so as to be able to take a stand in the day when evil attacks you, and, after having completely finished the contest, to hold your own.
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War » Figurative » Armor for » The breastplate of righteousness
Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail,
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War » Figurative » Armor for » The belt of truth
Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail,
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War » Figurative » Armor for » The preparation of the gospel
and put on your feet the preparation the good news of peace supplies.
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War » Figurative » Armor for » The shield of faith
Besides all these, take on the shield which faith provides, for with it you will be able to put out all the fire-tipped arrows shot by the evil one,
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War » Figurative » Armor for » The sword of the spirit
take the helmet salvation provides, and take the sword the Spirit wields, which is the word of God.
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War » Figurative » Armor for » Called "the armor of light,"
The night has almost passed; the day is at hand. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
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War » Figurative » Those who overcome in, will eat of the hidden manna
Let everyone who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give to him who conquers some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone with a new name written on it which no one knows except the man who receives it."'"
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War » Figurative » Have a white stone, and in it a new name written
Let everyone who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give to him who conquers some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone with a new name written on it which no one knows except the man who receives it."'"
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War » Figurative » Sit with Christ on his throne
I will give to him who conquers the privilege of taking his seat with me on my throne, just as I have conquered and taken my seat with my Father on His throne.
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War » Figurative » Have the morning star
and I will give him the morning star.
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War » Figurative » Have the name of God written upon them by Christ
I will make him who conquers a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall never again go out of it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
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War » Figurative » Mere professors do not maintain
War » Figurative » Not be hurt by the second death
Let everyone who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. Whoever conquers will not be hurt at all by the second death."'"
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War » Figurative » Be pillars in the temple of God
I will make him who conquers a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall never again go out of it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
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War » Figurative » Have power over the nations
To him who conquers and continues to the very end to do the works that please me, I will give authority over the heathen;
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War » Figurative » Have God as their God
Whoever conquers will come into possession of these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
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War » Figurative » Inherit all things
Whoever conquers will come into possession of these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
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War » Figurative » To be carried on » Without earthly entanglements
No soldier ever allows himself to be involved in the business affairs of life, so that he may please the officer who enlisted him.
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War » Figurative » To be carried on » Under the lord's banner
War » Figurative » Be sons of God
Whoever conquers will come into possession of these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
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War » Figurative » Armor for » Called "the armor of righteousness,"
my message of truth, and the power of God; with the weapons of right-doing in my right hand and my left;
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War » Figurative » Armor for
my message of truth, and the power of God; with the weapons of right-doing in my right hand and my left;
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War » Figurative » Be confessed by Christ in the presence of God the father
Whoever conquers will be clothed this way -- in white clothes -- and I will never blot his name out of the book of life, but I will own him as mine in the presence of my Father and His angels.
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War » Figurative » Be clothed in white clothing
Whoever conquers will be clothed this way -- in white clothes -- and I will never blot his name out of the book of life, but I will own him as mine in the presence of my Father and His angels.
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War » Figurative » Eat from the tree of life
Let everyone who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give to him who conquers the privilege of eating the fruit of the tree of life that stands in the paradise of God."'"
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War » Figurative » Symbolized by a red horse
And another horse came forth, as red as fire, and power was given to its rider to take peace away from the earth, and to make men slaughter one another; a great sword was given to him.
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War » Figurative » Not have their names blotted out of the book of life
Whoever conquers will be clothed this way -- in white clothes -- and I will never blot his name out of the book of life, but I will own him as mine in the presence of my Father and His angels.
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Washing » Figurative » Of regeneration
He saved us, not for upright deeds that we had done, but in accordance with His mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
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to consecrate her, after cleansing her through His word, as pictured in the water bath,
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And these are just the characters some of you used to be. But now you have washed yourselves clean, you have been consecrated, you are now in right standing with God, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of God.
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Water » Figurative » Water of salvation
Whoever continues to believe in me will have, as the Scripture says, rivers of living water continuously flowing from within him."
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Jesus answered her, "If you just knew what God has to give and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask Him, and He would have given you living water."
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Water » Figurative » Water of affliction
Water » Figurative » water of Life
He further said to me: "They have come true. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I myself, without cost, will give to anyone who is thirsty water from the springs of living water.
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The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." Let everyone who hears this say, "Come." Let everyone who is thirsty come. Let everyone who wishes come and take the living water without any cost.
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but whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never, no never, be thirsty again, for the water that I will give him will become a spring of water that keeps on bubbling up within him for eternal life."
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On the last day, the great day, of the feast, Jesus stood and cried aloud, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever continues to believe in me will have, as the Scripture says, rivers of living water continuously flowing from within him." By this He referred to the Spirit that those believing in Him were going to receive -- for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Water » Figurative » Domestic love
Way » Figurative » Of holiness
Way » Figurative » Doctrines taught by Christ
and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that if he found any men or women belonging to The Way he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.
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But I certainly admit this as a fact that in accordance with The Way -- that they call heresy -- I continue to worship the God of my forefathers, and I still believe in everything taught in the law and written in the prophets,
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Then Felix, who had a fairly clear conception of the principles involved in The Way, adjourned the trial, saying to the Jews, "When Lysias, the colonel, comes down here, I will carefully look into your case."
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Now just about that time a great commotion arose about The Way.
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I persecuted this Way even to the death, and kept on binding both men and women and putting them in jail,
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Way » Figurative » Jesus is the
Jesus answered him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
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By this the Holy Spirit was showing that there was as yet no access to the real sanctuary while the outer tent was still in existence,
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Way » Figurative » Of righteousness, narrow
"Stop criticizing others, so that you may not be criticized yourselves.
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How can you say to your brother, 'Let me get that tiny speck out of your eye,' while all the time there is a girder in your own?
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Way » Figurative » Of sin, broad
"Go in by the narrow gate, for broad and roomy is the road that leads to destruction, and many are going in by it.
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Wheat » Figurative » Of God's mercy
Wheat » Figurative » Of self-rigteousness
Wheel » Figurative
Whirlwind » Figurative » Of the judgment of God
Whirlwind » Figurative » Of divine judgments
Whirlwind » Figurative » Of the fruits of unrighteousness
Whoredom » Figurative
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Wind » Figurative » Of the judgments of God
And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not fall, for its pillars had been laid on a rocky foundation.
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Wind » Figurative » Of heresy
so that we may not be babies any longer, or like sailors tossed about and driven around by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men through their cunning in inventing new methods of error.
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Wind » Figurative » Of the spirit
The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is just the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
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Wine » Figurative » Of the joys of spiritual matters
Wine » Figurative » Of the divine judgments
Wine » Figurative » Of abominations
Then a second angel followed, saying: "She has fallen! Mighty Babylon has fallen, who made all the nations drink the wine of vengeance due her immorality!"
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The great city was broken into three parts; the cities of the heathen fell, and God remembered to give mighty Babylon the cup of the wine of His raging wrath,
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Wine » Figurative » Of the joy of wisdom
Wine press » Figurative » Of the judgments of God
So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth's vine, and flung them into the wine press of God's wrath, The grapes in the wine press were trodden outside the city, and blood streamed from the wine press until it reached the horses' bridles for a distance of two hundred miles.
Wine press » Figurative » Treading the, of the sufferings of Christ
Witness » Figurative » Of instruction in righteousness
And I will permit my two witnesses, clothed in sackcloth, to prophesy for one thousand, two hundred and sixty days."
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Wolf » Figurative » Of the enemies of the righteous
"Listen! I am sending you out as sheep surrounded by wolves. So you must be sensible like serpents and guileless like doves.
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"Look out for false prophets, who come to you under the guise of sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves.
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The hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf carries off some of the sheep and scatters the flock.
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Because I know that after I have gone violent wolves will break in among you and will not spare the flock.
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Wolf » Figurative » Of the reconciling power of the gospel
Women » Figurative » Of the body (ekklesia) of Christ
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
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Then a great symbol was seen in heaven -- a woman clothed in the sun with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
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Women » Figurative » Of saints
These are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women, for they are as pure as virgins, These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been redeemed from among men as the first fruits for God and the Lamb,
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For I feel a divine jealousy for you, as I betrothed you to Christ, to present you as a pure bride to her one husband.
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"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were thoughtless and five were thoughtful, for the thoughtless ones took their lamps but took no oil with them. read more.
But the thoughtful ones not only took their lamps but also extra oil in their oil cans.
But the thoughtful ones not only took their lamps but also extra oil in their oil cans.
Women » Figurative » Of evil people
"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were thoughtless and five were thoughtful, for the thoughtless ones took their lamps but took no oil with them. read more.
But the thoughtful ones not only took their lamps but also extra oil in their oil cans. While the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and dropped off to sleep. But at midnight there was a shout, 'Here comes the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!' Then all those bridesmaids awoke and trimmed their lamp-wicks. And the thoughtless ones said to the thoughtful ones, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But the thoughtful ones answered, 'No, no, there may not be enough for you and us. Go to the store and buy your own oil.' And while they were going to buy it, the bridegroom came, and the bridesmaids that were ready went in with him to the wedding reception; and the door was closed. At last the rest of the bridesmaids came, and kept begging, 'Master, master, open the door for us!' But he answered, 'I positively say to you, I do not know you.' So you must keep on watching, for you do not know either the day or the hour.
But the thoughtful ones not only took their lamps but also extra oil in their oil cans. While the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and dropped off to sleep. But at midnight there was a shout, 'Here comes the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!' Then all those bridesmaids awoke and trimmed their lamp-wicks. And the thoughtless ones said to the thoughtful ones, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But the thoughtful ones answered, 'No, no, there may not be enough for you and us. Go to the store and buy your own oil.' And while they were going to buy it, the bridegroom came, and the bridesmaids that were ready went in with him to the wedding reception; and the door was closed. At last the rest of the bridesmaids came, and kept begging, 'Master, master, open the door for us!' But he answered, 'I positively say to you, I do not know you.' So you must keep on watching, for you do not know either the day or the hour.
Women » Figurative » Of backsliding
And the woman whom you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth."
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The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, decorated in gold and precious stones and pearls, and she had in her hand a cup of gold, full of abominations and the impurities of her immorality.
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Worm » Figurative
Worm » Figurative » Of remorse
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where the worm that feeds upon them never dies and the fire is never put out.
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Wormwood » Figurative
Wrestling » Figurative
For our contest is not with human foes alone, but with the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark world; that is, with the spirit-forces of evil challenging us in the heavenly contest.
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Yoke » Figurative
Then why do you now try to test God by putting on these disciples' necks a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we could bear?
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Put on my yoke, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls, for the yoke I offer is easy to wear, and the load I ask is light to bear
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