Thematic Bible: Man in consequence of


Thematic Bible



So this I say, and solemnly affirm together with the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the [unbelieving] Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds [and in the foolishness and emptiness of their souls], Verse ConceptsConformityThe Carnal MindWorldly Pleasures, Characteristic Of The WickedNot Imitating EvilUseless PeopleWhat Foreigners Are LikeGentiles



For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit. Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever]. [That is] because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and purposes] is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God's Law; indeed it cannot.

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool [afternoon breeze] of the day, so the man and his wife hid and kept themselves hidden from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfAdam, Sin OfGarden Of Eden, TheQuietnessSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnity, God's Goal OfWalkingGuilty FearConcealment, Of SinGod, Presence OfGod WalkingThe Cool Of The DayHearing God's VoiceHiding From GodAdam and eveAdam and eve disobey godGardensThe Presence Of Godhidingfootprints





The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma [a soothing, satisfying scent] and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intent (strong inclination, desire) of man’s heart is wicked from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfSweet OdoursCurses, DivineCovenant, God's with Noahevil, origins ofEarth, Promises AboutBeing Born In SinAromasHeart, DivineMind, The HumanSin, Universality OfSmellsAltarsBeing Evil From YouthGod KillingThoughts Of The WickedSoliloquyGod CursingGod Killing All PeopleRefreshing GodThe Hearts Incination To Evil


and because you have done worse [things] than your fathers. Just look, every one of you walks in the stubbornness of his own evil heart, so that you do not listen [obediently] to Me. Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedDeteriorationimagination



“What is man, that he should be pure and clean,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?
Verse ConceptsBirth, PhysicalPurity, Moral And SpiritualSelf Righteousness, And The GospelMan's Sinful NatureWoman's PlaceBeing A Woman Of God


“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
Verse ConceptsBirth, PhysicalRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanPurity, Moral And SpiritualSelf JustificationSin, Universality OfWoman's PlaceBeing A Woman Of God


“You have not heard, you have not known;
Even from long ago your ear has not been open.
For I [the Lord] knew that you [Israel] would act very treacherously;
You have been called a transgressor and a rebel from birth.
Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelTreacheryFrom Birth


God looked on the earth and saw how debased and degenerate it was, for all humanity had corrupted their way on the earth and lost their true direction. Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanityEvil TimesGod Seeing The WickedMan's Sinful NatureAll Have Sinnedcorruption


His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments [Lord] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them];
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
Verse ConceptsNosesPride, Results OfSelf Righteousness, Nature OfNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsThe Wicked Prosperrehabilitationprospering

All have turned aside; together they have gone wrong and have become unprofitable and worthless; no one does right, not even one! Their throat is a yawning grave; they use their tongues to deceive (to mislead and to deal treacherously). The venom of asps is beneath their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. read more.
Their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction [as it dashes them to pieces] and misery mark their ways.

but I see a different law and rule of action in the members of my body [in its appetites and desires], waging war against the law of my mind and subduing me and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is within my members. Verse ConceptsBodily LimbsSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictLiving Not For The MaterialEvil PrinciplesPrinciples Of WarMind BattlesGoing Through the MotionsstruggleWarLife StrugglesThe MindConflictStrugglesBeing DifferentBeing Uniquelawworkingmindset

I am speaking in [familiar] human terms because of your natural limitations [your spiritual immaturity]. For just as you presented your bodily members as slaves to impurity and to [moral] lawlessness, leading to further lawlessness, so now offer your members [your abilities, your talents] as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification [that is, being set apart for God’s purpose]. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfFall Of Man, Consequences OfBodily Limbsethics, and graceSin, Avoidance OfImpurityLimitations Of The BodyLike MenThey Committed ImmoralityHolinessnatural LifeThe Surrendered lifeSurrenderSanctificationlimitations

When we were living in the flesh [trapped by sin], the sinful passions, which were awakened by [that which] the Law [identifies as sin], were at work in our body to bear fruit for death [since the willingness to sin led to death and separation from God]. Verse ConceptsFlesh As The Sinful NatureLustParticipation, In SinSin, Causes OfFruits Of SinEvil PassionsSins Of The FleshSin Producing DeathEvil DesiresEffect Of The LawSin Produces DeathSelf CenterednessGoing Through the MotionsPassionEmotions

When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. Verse ConceptsThe Sin NatureHeredityThe Age At FatherhoodLike People By NatureAdam and eve disobey godSpilling Your Seed On The GroundimageReproduction, After Kind

Now those who are made of the dust are like him who was first made of the dust (earthly-minded); and as is [the Man] from heaven, so also [are those] who are of heaven (heavenly-minded). And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven.

Since, therefore, [these His] children share in flesh and blood [in the physical nature of human beings], He [Himself] in a similar manner partook of the same [nature], that by [going through] death He might bring to nought and make of no effect him who had the power of death -- "that is, the devil -- " And also that He might deliver and completely set free all those who through the [haunting] fear of death were held in bondage throughout the whole course of their lives.

and that they may come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will. Verse ConceptsBondage, SpiritualSatan, As DeceiverSatan, As TempterNames And Titles For SatanCaptivesCaptivity, MetaphoricallyEvil TrappingEscaping The TrapEscaping EvilSatanThe DevilRecovery



Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apronlike girdles. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

He said, “I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” Verse ConceptsShameSin, Effects OfFear, Caused ByNaked In ShameHearing God's VoiceHiding From GodThose Frightened Of GodAdam and eveAdam and eve disobey godGardensBeing Scaredhiding




For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not. Verse ConceptsFlesh, Description OfdesiresPoverty, SpiritualHelplessnessThe Lust Of The FleshMasturbationNothingPeople's Inability To Serve GodNot Going GoodNothing GoodLife StrugglesDoing The Right ThingThe Beauty Of NatureDrugs



His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments [Lord] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them];
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
Verse ConceptsNosesPride, Results OfSelf Righteousness, Nature OfNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsThe Wicked Prosperrehabilitationprospering


How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt,
Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!
Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionLove, Abuse OfMan's Sinful NatureAll Have Sinnedcorruption



Their throat is a yawning grave; they use their tongues to deceive (to mislead and to deal treacherously). The venom of asps is beneath their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.


Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind]. Verse ConceptsAmbition, negative aspects ofFlesh As The Sinful NatureFaultsBeing Born In SindesiresHuman NatureParticipation, In SinSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfSanctification, Nature And BasisSelf IndulgenceSelfishnessSin, Causes OfSin, Universality OfThoughtThe Lust Of The FleshMasturbationSins Of The FleshPassionwrath

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who understood, dealt wisely, and sought after God, inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him [of vital necessity]. They are all gone aside, they have all together become filthy; there is none that does good or right, no, not one.



There is no fear of God [and His awesome power] before their eyes.”
Verse ConceptsImpietyEvil EyesNo Fear Of GodFearing God


This is the judgment [that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence]: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. Verse ConceptsBlackDepravity Of ManLove, Nature OfMorality, And RedemptionWalking In DarknessSin, Love OfThe Light Of ChristDarkness Of EvilChrist JudgingHiding SinsLoving EvilReasons Why The World Hates ChristiansDarknessLightSpiritual DarknessJudgementcondemnationlovers


“But a hollow (empty-headed) man will become intelligent and wise
[Only] when the colt of a wild donkey is born as a man.
Verse ConceptsColtsWicked Described AsWorldly WisdomWild DonkeysWise ProverbsWisdom