Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
Conceit » Warnings against
For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:
Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.
Verse Concepts
If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;
Deception » Who deceives themselves
For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself. But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas. Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass; For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like. read more.
But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts. If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts. If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.
Deception » Of self » Conceit
For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
Proof » What to prove
For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him. And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself. But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.
Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;