Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Abraham » Unselfishness of
Abraham » Called the father of the faithful, characteristics of » Unselfishness-gave lot the first choice of the land
Lot » The son of haran » Separates from abraham, and locates in sodom
Peace » Exemplified » Abraham
Peace » Exemplified » By abraham
Self-denial » Exemplified
But I work out and get my body in shape [i.e., spiritually], so that after preaching to other people, I myself do not become disqualified [i.e., for winning the prize from God. See verse 24].
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But I do not consider my life to be of value, as precious to me, [when compared to the importance of] accomplishing my task and the mission I received from the Lord Jesus to declare the good news of God's unearned favor [through Christ].
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And no one lacked anything, for all who owned property or houses sold [some of] them and brought the money
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They sold their belongings and property and divided [the money] among all [the believers] according to each one's need.
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For although I am free from [being accountable to] all people, I placed myself under obligation to them [as a slave], so as to win as many as possible [to Christ].
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By [having] faith, when Abraham was called [by God] to leave [his homeland] and go to a place he would later receive as an inheritance [i.e., Palestine], he obeyed God and went out, not knowing where he was going. By [having] faith, he became an alien in the foreign country that had been promised to him. He lived in tents, along with Isaac [his son] and Jacob [his grandson], who [also] were to receive the same inheritance he had been promised.