Thematic Bible: Preeminence
Thematic Bible
Preeminence » Of Christ
But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.
saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send it to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance, but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.
For to this end Christ died and lived again , that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.
For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house.
Preeminence » Preeminent above » Of man
Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value then they?
Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:
And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.
How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.
Preeminence » Preeminent above » The greatest gift of all
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Preeminence » Preeminent above » The gift of prophecy, knowledge and faith
And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Preeminence » Preeminent above » Benevolence and martyrdom
And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor , and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
Preeminence » Preeminent above » The gift of tongues
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
Preeminence » Of love » The greatest commandment
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Preeminence » Of love » The fulfilling of the law
Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.
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