Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As husband of the church
And I saw the holy city New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the last seven plagues came, and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show you the wife, the bride of the Lamb.
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Husbands, love your wives as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify it, purifying it with the washing of water with the word, that he might present the church to himself glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any thing of the kind, but that it should be holy and blameless. read more.
Husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church; for we are members of his body. For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery; but I speak of Christ and the church.
Husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church; for we are members of his body. For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery; but I speak of Christ and the church.
Church » Accessions to » Bride of Christ
And I saw the holy city New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that thirsts, come; let him that will, take the water of life freely.
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For I am zealous for you with a godly zeal, for I joined you, a chaste virgin, to one husband, to present to Christ;
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Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and his wife has prepared herself,
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Glory of the The church » God delights in
Jerusalem » Beloved
the Joy of God over his people » Illustrated
and bring the fatted calf and kill it; let us eat, and rejoice; for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice.
Marriage » Figurative of God's union with the church
Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and his wife has prepared herself,
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And while they went to buy the bridegroom came; and the ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut.
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The kingdom of heaven is like a man, a king, who made a wedding for his son.
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Marriage » Figurative
Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and his wife has prepared herself, and it was given her to be arrayed in fine linen white and clean;??or fine linen represents the righteous ordinances of the saints. And he said to me, Write, Blessed are those who are called to the wedding supper of the Lamb. And he told me, These are the true words of God.
for we are members of his body. For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery; but I speak of Christ and the church.
Marriage » The bridegroom » Rejoiced over the bride
Virgin » Figurative » Of the body of Christ (the ekklesia)
For I am zealous for you with a godly zeal, for I joined you, a chaste virgin, to one husband, to present to Christ;
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