Thematic Bible: Motives to


Thematic Bible



Another of his parables was this; the gospel-state is like unto leaven, which a woman took and mixt with three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

so the servants of the yeoman came and said, Sir, did not you sow your field with good grain: how comes it then to have tares? Verse ConceptsFigurative FieldsGood PeopleWhy Does This Happen?Sowing Seeds

he might have the greater compassion for those who sin through ignorance or mistake. and for the same reason Verse ConceptsGentlenessGrace, And Christian LifeWeakness, PhysicalThe Gentleness Of God's PeopleIgnorance of GodWeaknessExerciseMaking Mistakesignoranceempathy














to this I am urg'd by the love I bear to Christ, persuaded as I am, that if one died for all, then were all in a dying state: and that he died for all, that they who are in a state of life should not live at their own discretion, but to the service of him who died for them, and rose again.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God to you, that you present your bodies a living victim, holy, acceptable unto God, as the service of a rational being. and be not conformed to the present age: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may perceive what God requires of you is good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Since then this whole system is to be destroyed, how holy should your conduct be, and how ardent your piety? Verse ConceptsConsistencyHoliness Of The SaintsHoliness, Purpose OfLast ThingsSaintsDestruction Of The WorldWhat Manner?Holiness



for God hath manifested to all the disobedient, that he would have mercy upon all. O the depth of the divine goodness, wisdom, and contrivance! how impenetrable are his decrees, and his ways past finding out!









watch ye therefore (for you don't know when the master of the house will return; whether at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning) for fear by his sudden return he should surprize you sleeping.