Thematic Bible: Profit and loss


Thematic Bible




This is a faithful saying, and on these various points I would have you insist strenuously, in order that those who have their faith fixed on God may be careful to set an example of good actions. For these are not only good in themselves, but are also useful to mankind. Verse ConceptseagernessProfitsWork, And RedemptionProfitable ThingsFaithful SayingsBelief In GodDo Good!Useful ThingsWorks Of FaithAnxiety And StressWork Ethic


And godliness *is* gain, when associated with contentment; Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, benefits ofProfitsValuesContentmentTrue GainBeing Contentpiety
















And the smoke of their torment goes up until the Ages of the Ages; and the worshipers of the Wild Beast and his statue have no rest day or night, nor has any one who receives the mark of his name. Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfMortalityPunishment, By GodRegretRestlessnessSleeplessnessSmokeTortureUnrestEternal JudgementAffliction Day And NightMarks On PeopleFate Of IdolatersWorshipping The DevilHellHell Is Everlastingsmoking

it is impossible, I say, to keep bringing them back to a new repentance, for, to their own undoing, they are repeatedly crucifying the Son of God afresh and exposing Him to open shame. Verse ConceptsFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsDoing RepeatedlyChrist And ShamingChrist Was KilledSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionRenewalapostasyimpossibleFalling Away From God

For you know that even afterwards, when he wished to secure the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no opportunity for undoing what he had done, though he sought the blessing earnestly with tears. Verse ConceptsCryingWeepingDelay, Examples OfGod Abandoning IndividualsMourning In RegretRejection

but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, he remains for ever unabsolved: he is guilty of a sin of the Ages." Verse ConceptsIrreverenceAntichristReprobatesThe Unpardonable SinResisting Holy SpiritEternal EvilBlasphemyGod Not Forgiving


where their worm does not die and the fire does not go out. Verse ConceptsPeople Eaten By WormNot DyingMaggotsFire Of HellDyingbugsworms

And, besides all this, a vast chasm is immovably fixed between us and you, put there in order that those who desire to cross from this side to you may not be able, nor any be able to cross over from your side to us.' Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceGehennaProbation PeriodGapsUnable To Do Other ThingsOccupants Of HellPurgatorybridges

For if we wilfully persist in sin after having received the full knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains in reserve any other sacrifice for sins. Verse ConceptsAbandonmentKnowing God's TruthThe Truth Of The GospelContinuing In SinSacrificePersistenceconsequencesapostasy


being doomed to receive a requital for their guilt. They reckon it pleasure to feast daintily in broad daylight. They are spots and blemishes, while feeding luxuriously at their love-feasts, and banqueting with you. Verse ConceptsDaylightExcessBlemishLove FeastLove, Nature OfWagesPleasure SeekersRiotsBlemished PeopleDuring The DayWages For EvilPartying

For if the message delivered through angels proved to be true, and every transgression and act of disobedience met with just retribution, Verse ConceptsAngels as God's servantsDisobedience, To GodThe Recompense Of The WickedAngels Giving The LawGod Has RequitedAngels As MediatorsAngels Activities Among Believers





If therefore your eye, even the right eye, is a snare to you, tear it out and away with it; it is better for you that one member should be destroyed rather than that your whole body should be thrown into Gehenna. Verse ConceptsBodily LimbsBlindness, SymbolicHell, Punishment OfSelf DenialSelf DisciplinePriorityEyes, GuardedProfitable ThingsPlucking OutCausing Others To StumbleEyes HarmedOther Right PartsThe Entrance Of SinUseful ThingsAbusive RelationshipsHellEyesInfidelityLust Of The Eyes

This is a faithful saying, and on these various points I would have you insist strenuously, in order that those who have their faith fixed on God may be careful to set an example of good actions. For these are not only good in themselves, but are also useful to mankind. Verse ConceptseagernessProfitsWork, And RedemptionProfitable ThingsFaithful SayingsBelief In GodDo Good!Useful ThingsWorks Of FaithAnxiety And StressWork Ethic


the true character of each individual's work will become manifest. For the day of Christ will disclose it, because that day is soon to come upon us clothed in fire, and as for the quality of every one's work-- the fire is the thing which will test it. Verse ConceptsAbility, Of The ChristianFireCharacterVeilsThe Day Of JudgementFire Of JudgementGod Testing PeopleThings RevealedOne's DeedsJudgement DayTestsPurgatoryworkingexamsstructuremotiveswilltrying

If any one's work is burnt up, he will suffer the loss of it; yet he will himself be rescued, but only, as it were, by passing through the fire. Verse ConceptsSpiritual FailureFire Of JudgementBemalosing a loved oneLosing SomeonePurgatorysmoking

Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I came I should have got back my property with interest. So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has the ten.'

(For to every one who has, more shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken away.) Verse ConceptsTalentsAbundance, SpiritualPossessingAdding BlessingThose To Whom God GivesTaking God's ThingsGifts And TalentsAbundance


No long time afterwards the younger son got all together and travelled to a distant country, where he wasted his money in debauchery and excess. Verse ConceptsGluttonyExtravaganceExcessBad Decision Making ExamplesBuying and sellingLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfLossThriftWantonnessDeparturesA Short TimeFar From HereShort Time Till The EndThey Committed Immorality

But he who has heard and not practised is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against which the torrent bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin of that house." Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristCarelessnessLossShallownessHearing ChristThings Falling