Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
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The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'
And Jesus said, 'For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'
Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;
and he said unto them -- 'Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'
For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;
and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I -- I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
Pilate, therefore, said to him, 'Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, 'Thou dost say it; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.'
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
'And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory; and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats, and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and the goats on the left.
and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens. 'Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword; for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, read more.
and the enemies of a man are those of his household.
and the enemies of a man are those of his household.
'Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled? but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed! 'Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division; read more.
for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided -- three against two, and two against three; a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'
for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided -- three against two, and two against three; a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'
Fire » Figurative » Judgments
For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol -- the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains.
And I have sent a fire against the house of Hazael, And it hath consumed the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us -- consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us -- burnings of the age?
And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he is as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.
for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming -- a zealous God.
Is it not thus? My word is as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer -- it breaketh in pieces a rock.
And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Rabbah, And it hath consumed her palaces, With a shout in a day of battle, With a whirlwind in a day of hurricane,
And I have sent a fire against Moab, And it hath consumed the palaces of Kerioth, And dying with noise is Moab, With shouting, with voice of a trumpet.
and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;
Fire » Illustrative of » Persecution
'Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled? but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed! 'Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division; read more.
for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided -- three against two, and two against three; a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'
for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided -- three against two, and two against three; a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'
Fire » Inward » Christ came to ignite
Inward fire » Christ came to ignite
Mission » Christ's
The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'
And Jesus said, 'For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'
Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;
and he said unto them -- 'Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'
For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;
and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I -- I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
Pilate, therefore, said to him, 'Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, 'Thou dost say it; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.'