Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Blessings in disguise
For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness,
Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.
But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.
And he said, I called because of my affliction to LORD, and he answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, [and] thou heard my voice.
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, LORD i
But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
And I said to him, My lord, thou know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness,
Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.
But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.
And he said, I called because of my affliction to LORD, and he answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, [and] thou heard my voice.
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, LORD i
But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
And I said to him, My lord, thou know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Afflictions made beneficial » In rendering us fruitful in good works
Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he removes it. And every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, so that it may bear more fruit.
For those men indeed for a few days chastened us according to that which seemed good to them, but he for that which is advantageous, in order to be partakers of his holiness. But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Chastisement » What chastening does
But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Fruit, spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Abiding in Christ
I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.
But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.
Great » Mysteries, that test the faith of men » Of suffering
But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
great Mysteries » Of suffering
But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Privileges of saints » Profiting by chastisement
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.
For those men indeed for a few days chastened us according to that which seemed good to them, but he for that which is advantageous, in order to be partakers of his holiness. But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Righteousness » Fruitfulness conditions of fruit-bearing » Abiding in Christ
I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.
But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.
Righteousness » Chastisements yield the fruit of
But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Abiding in Christ
I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.
But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.
The fruit of righteousness » What yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness
But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Trials » Often blessings in disguise
For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness,
Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.
But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.
And he said, I called because of my affliction to LORD, and he answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, [and] thou heard my voice.
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, LORD i
But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
And I said to him, My lord, thou know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.