Thematic Bible: Indwelling


Thematic Bible





May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love, That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God's devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it]; [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!




The one who habitually keeps His commandments [obeying His word and following His precepts, abides and] remains in Him, and He in him. By this we know and have the proof that He [really] abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us [as a gift]. Verse ConceptsAbiding In ChristFellowship, With GodCommunicationGod, Present EverywhereGrace, And Holy SpiritUnion With Christ, Significance OfGift Of The Holy SpiritIndwelling Of ChristFellowship With ChristThe Witness Of The Holy SpiritObeying JesusUs In God

On that day [when that time comes] you will know for yourselves that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you. Verse ConceptsUnion With Christ, Significance OfIndwelling Of ChristFather And Son AlikeFather And Son In One AnotherRelationship Of Father And SonKnowing About God's Kingdom

As for you, the anointing [the special gift, the preparation] which you received from Him remains [permanently] in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But just as His anointing teaches you [giving you insight through the presence of the Holy Spirit] about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as His anointing has taught you, you must remain in Him [being rooted in Him, knit to Him]. Verse ConceptsLiesAnointingAbiding In ChristAnointing, Of ChristAnointing of ChristiansAnointing With OilGod, Revelation OfOrthodoxy, In NtScripture, UnderstandingCharacter Of SaintsIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit As TeacherThe Holy Spirit As CounsellorThe Spirit TeachingUs In GodAnointed By GodAnointing Oil



However, you are not [living] in the flesh [controlled by the sinful nature] but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God lives in you [directing and guiding you]. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him [and is not a child of God]. Verse Conceptseternal life, experience ofBeing Born AgainHeart, And Holy SpiritMind, Of ChristPaul, Teaching OfFellowship Of Holy SpiritIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritSpirit Of ChristThe Spirit Of ChristLiving Not For The MaterialUnrelated PeopleWithout GodBeing Devoted to GodSpiritual lifeHuman Nature, OvercomingGod Being In ControlLiving For Godbelonging


I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My ordinances and do them. Verse Conceptsethics, and graceLast DaysIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritThe Spirit Of GodFulfilling The LawKeep The Commandments!empowerment

Guard [with greatest care] and keep unchanged, the treasure [that precious truth] which has been entrusted to you [that is, the good news about salvation through personal faith in Christ Jesus], through [the help of] the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. Verse ConceptsCommitmenteternal life, experience ofGrace, And Holy SpiritGuardsStewardshipTrustworthinessIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritThe Divinity Of The Holy SpiritGod Living In UsBackslidingKeeping FaithBeing PositiveTaking Care Of Your BodyProtection From Dangerghosts