Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
Unprofitable occupations of men corrupted in mind, and deprived of the truth, thinking gain to be devotion: be separated from such.
And he discoursing of justice, and temperance, and judgment about to be, Felix being terrified, answered, Having now, go; having taken time, I will recall thee.
For if any think to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself.
Conceit » Warnings against
For if any think to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself.
Thou shalt not be wise in thine eyes: fear Jehovah and depart from evil.
Sawest thou a man wise in his eyes? hope is for the foolish one more than for him.
Wo to the wise in their eyes, and knowing before their face.
Thinking the same towards one another. Not thinking high things but being led by humble things. Be not wise with yourselves.
Verse Concepts
And if any one thinks to know anything, as yet he has known nothing as he ought to know.
Deception » Who deceives themselves
For if any think to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself. And let each try his own work, and then in himself alone will he have boasting, and not in another.
And be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man observing the face of his creation in a mirror: For he observed himself, and went away, and straightway forgot of what kind he was. read more.
And he having stooped into the perfect law of liberty, and remained, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of work, he shall be happy in his doing. If any among you seem to be religious, bridling not his tongue, but deceiving his heart, the religion of this one vain.
And he having stooped into the perfect law of liberty, and remained, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of work, he shall be happy in his doing. If any among you seem to be religious, bridling not his tongue, but deceiving his heart, the religion of this one vain.
Deception » Of self » Conceit
For if any think to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself.
Proof » What to prove
I Beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, your reasonable service. And be ye not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renovation of your mind, for you to prove what the good, and the pleasing, and the perfected will of God.
For if any think to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself. And let each try his own work, and then in himself alone will he have boasting, and not in another.
Try all things; hold the good.