Thematic Bible: For Christ


Thematic Bible



On the contrary, a woman, whose little daughter had a foul spirit, at once heard about Him and came and flung herself at His feet. Verse ConceptsFeetSpiritsBowing Before MessiahThose Demonised

And a leper came up to Him, and prostrated himself before Him, and said, "Lord, if you choose to, you can cure me." Verse ConceptsBowingKneelingCleansing The BodyChrist WillingHealing Cancercancer

And just as He was saying these things to them, an official came up and fell on his knees before Him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand upon her and she will come to life." Verse ConceptsFeetChildren, examples ofBowingKneelingChildren, In Jesus MiraclesLaying On Hands To HealWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Jesus HealedChildren In The Miracles Of Jesus Christ

But she came and bowed to Him, and kept praying, "Lord, help me!" Verse ConceptsFeetBowingKneelingCrying To JesusGod Help!

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came up to Him with her sons, kneeling to Him and asking a favor of Him. Verse ConceptsKneelingBowing Before MessiahMothersMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsMotherhood

And a man named Jairus, a leader of a synagogue, came up, and when he saw Jesus he flung himself at His feet Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSynagogueSalutationsBowing Before Messiah



There was following Him also a vast throng of the people and of women who were beating their breasts and lamenting Him. Verse ConceptsLamentingLargenessTearsCrowds Around JesusMourning The Death Of Christ

Because we were yearning for you so tenderly, we were willing, not only to share with you God's good news, but to lay down our very lives too for you, all because you were so dearly loved by us. Verse ConceptsMentoringCommitment, to God's peopleLove, For One AnotherUnity, Of God's PeopleValuesMinisters, Should BeMinisters, Way They Should TeachAffection For God's PeopleThe Gospel PreachedLove Exists Between PeopleSharing








And now I beg you, my lady, not as though I were writing you a new command, but one which we had from the beginning, that we continue to love one another. Verse ConceptsBrotherly LoveChrist's OrdersLove Fellow Christians!Loving One Another


But God, who is so rich in mercy on account of the great love He has for us, 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.




















(44:37) because they were especially pained at his saying that they would never see his face again. Then they went down to the ship with him. Verse ConceptsLove, For One AnotherSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessFarewellsNot Seeing People

who once risked their very necks for my life. I am so thankful to them; not only I but also all the churches among the heathen thank them. Verse ConceptsLove, For One AnotherSuffering, Encouragements InChurch, Description OfChurch, Titles OfFriendship, Examples OfThanks To PeopleRiskingrisk

So in my own case, I will most happily spend my money and myself for your sakes. If I love you much more than I love others, am I to be loved less by you? Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfLove, For One AnotherSelf SacrificeIngratitude, Christian Response ToLoving YourselfTemporary Affliction Of SaintsSelf EsteemBeing LovedConfidence And Self EsteemSaving Moneymyself


Yes, when he got to Rome he took pains to look me up and finally found me. Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Church LeaderThose Looking For People












and so deserve censure for breaking their previous pledge. Verse ConceptsPeople Promisingrelaxing

But Mary stood just outside the tomb and kept weeping. So, as she was weeping, she stooped down and peered into the tomb Verse ConceptsSorrowUnhappinessWeepingCrouchingJesus TombMourning The Death Of Christ

Then Thomas the Twin said to his fellow-disciples, "Let us go too, and die with Him." Verse ConceptsFriendship, Examples OfResigned To DeathChrist With People On EarthChrist Going With PeopleTwin Brothers

Jesus again said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you really devoted to me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep." Verse ConceptsSecurityShepherds, As Church LeaderWatchfulness, Of LeadersChrist Knowing About PeopleSpeaking AgainThe Need To Love ChristConfidence And Self Esteem


Therefore, I tell you, her sins, as many as they are, are forgiven, for she has loved me so much. But the one who has little to be forgiven loves me little." Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfLove For GodReceived OutcastsGod Has ForgivenNot Loving GodForgivenessLove And Forgiveness

Then Mary took a pound of expensive perfume, made of the purest oil, and poured it on Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair; and the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. Verse ConceptsSweet OdoursFeetAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilGuestsHairsPerfumeSmellsAdoration, Of ChristAdmirationAnointed By PeopleExpensiveOther References To HairPure ThingsWeights Of Other ThingsHair

On the contrary, a woman, whose little daughter had a foul spirit, at once heard about Him and came and flung herself at His feet. Verse ConceptsFeetSpiritsBowing Before MessiahThose Demonised

And a leper came up to Him, and prostrated himself before Him, and said, "Lord, if you choose to, you can cure me." Verse ConceptsBowingKneelingCleansing The BodyChrist WillingHealing Cancercancer

And just as He was saying these things to them, an official came up and fell on his knees before Him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand upon her and she will come to life." Verse ConceptsFeetChildren, examples ofBowingKneelingChildren, In Jesus MiraclesLaying On Hands To HealWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Jesus HealedChildren In The Miracles Of Jesus Christ

But she came and bowed to Him, and kept praying, "Lord, help me!" Verse ConceptsFeetBowingKneelingCrying To JesusGod Help!

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came up to Him with her sons, kneeling to Him and asking a favor of Him. Verse ConceptsKneelingBowing Before MessiahMothersMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsMotherhood

And a man named Jairus, a leader of a synagogue, came up, and when he saw Jesus he flung himself at His feet Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSynagogueSalutationsBowing Before Messiah



And some Pharisees came up to Him, to try Him out with the question, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?" Verse Conceptsdivorce, in OTdivorce, amongst believersTestingJewish SectsSnares Laid For ChristTesting ChristDivorce PermittedPharisees Concerned About ChristWhy People Did Things


Now the Pharisees came out and began a discussion with Him, and to test Him asked Him to show them a spectacular sign from heaven. Verse ConceptsCuriositySnares Laid For ChristTesting ChristSigns Performed By ChristSeeking A SignChrist And HeavenPharisees Concerned About ChristTesting God

Some Pharisees came up, and to test Him they began to ask Him whether a man should be allowed to divorce his wife. Verse ConceptsTestingSnares Laid For ChristQuestioning ChristTesting ChristDivorce PermittedPharisees Concerned About Christ


plotting, as if in ambush, to entrap Him in something that might fall from His lips. Verse ConceptsMalice, Examples OfSnares Laid For ChristBeware Of Your SpeechWaiting Till Marriage

So they closely watched and sent spies who pretended to be upright men, to catch Him in His conversation, so as to turn Him over to the power and authority of the governor. Verse ConceptsGovernorsHope, Nature OfPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristHuman Authority, Nature OfSnares Laid For ChristWatching To EntrapHanding Over ChristSpyingPretendingBeware Of Your Speech

They were asking this to trap him so that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped and began to write in the dirt with his finger. Verse ConceptsFingersAffirmative ActionTrapWritingAccusations, Source OfSnares Laid For ChristTesting ChristWriting On ObjectsFingers Of People



but so far as you are sharing Christ's sufferings, keep on rejoicing, so that at the uncovering of His glory you may rejoice triumphantly. If you are suffering abuse because you bear the name of Christ, you are happy, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.




For I am going to show him how great are the sufferings he must endure for my name's sake." Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of BelieversSuffering For Christ's SakeChrist's Disciples Will SufferThings RevealedSuffering



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. For I consider all that we suffer in this present life is nothing to be compared with the glory which by-and-by is to be uncovered for us. For all nature is expectantly waiting for the unveiling of the sons of God. read more.
For nature did not of its own accord give up to failure; it was for the sake of Him who let it thus be given up, in the hope 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. Yes, we know that all nature has gone on groaning in agony together till the present moment. 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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We have worked hard with our own hands for a living. When abused by people, we bless them. When persecuted, we patiently bear it. When we are slandered by them, we try to conciliate them. To this very hour we have been made the filth of the world, the scum of the universe!

My hope for you is well founded; because I know that just as you, brothers, are sharers of my sufferings, so you will be sharers of my comfort too. Verse ConceptsFellowship, In Christian ServiceHope, In GodOptimismUnity, Of God's PeopleSuffering For Christ's SakeCompatibilityChrist's Disciples Will SufferGod Will ComfortHope Regarding Believerssteadfast

For all the time I continue to live I am being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that in my mortal lower nature the life of Jesus may be clearly shown. So it is death that works in me, but it is life that works in you. Now since I have the same spirit of faith as he who said in the Scriptures, "I believed, and so I spoke," I too believe, and so I speak, read more.
because I know that He who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will raise me too in fellowship with you. For everything is for your sakes, in order that His favor by multiplying the thanksgiving of many may make the cup run over to the praise of God. So I never give up; instead, although my outer nature is wasting away, my inner nature is constantly renewed from day to day. For this slight and momentary sorrow continues to accumulate for me a solid and eternal glory far beyond any comparison, because I do not keep my eyes on things that are seen but things that are unseen. For things that are seen are temporary, but things that are unseen are eternal.

For he was so sick that he was on the point of dying, but God took pity on him, and not only on him but on me too, to keep me from having one sorrow after another. I very eagerly send him, so that when you see him you may be glad of it, and I may be less sorrowful. So give him a hearty Christian welcome and hold in honor men like him, read more.
because he came near dying for the sake of the Lord's work and risked his life to make up for your lack of opportunity to minister to me.

so that we are always boasting of you among the churches of God for your patient endurance and faith, in spite of your persecutions and crushing sorrows which you are enduring. This is a proof of God's righteous judgment, His aim being to let you show yourselves worthy of His kingdom, for which you are suffering; since,