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 beat and bruise my body and make it my slave, so that after I have called others to the contest I may not be disqualified myself.
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But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor.
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No one among them was in any want, for any who owned lands or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sale
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and sold their property and belongings, and divided the money with all the rest, according to their special needs.
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Though I am free from anyone's control, I have made myself everyone's slave, so as to win over all the more.
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Faith enabled Abraham to obey when God summoned him to leave his home for a region which he was to have for his own, and to leave home without knowing where he was going. Faith led him to make a temporary home as a stranger in the land he had been promised, and to live there in his tents, with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.