Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Affections » Should not grow cold
And because sin will abound, many people will grow cold in their love [for one another].
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Now where are those good feelings you had for me? For I can [honestly] testify that [at one time] you would have even gouged out your eyes and given them to me [for sight] if that had been possible.
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"But, this is what I have against you, that you have forsaken your first love [i.e., love for Christ and His church].
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journey of israel through the Desert » Marked by constant murmurings and rebellions
Forgetting God » Is forgetting his » Works
Forgetting God » Works
Instability » Examples of
I am astonished that you people are so quickly abandoning God [i.e., by rejecting His truth], who called you [to Himself] through the unearned favor bestowed [on us] by Christ. [You are turning] to a different "gospel,"
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For, before certain [leaders] came from James [i.e., Jesus' brother, a leader of the Jerusalem church, See Acts 12:17; 15:13-22], he had eaten [a social meal] with some Gentiles. But when these men came, he abruptly discontinued this practice out of fear of the circumcised ones [i.e., out of concern for what the Jews would think of him].
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But when the sun came up these tender sprouts were scorched and, since they had such tiny roots, they [quickly] withered away.
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Now Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos and arrived at Perga [a town in the province] of Pamphylia. [It was here that] John Mark left the party [of evangelists and attendants] and returned to [his home in] Jerusalem. [See 12:12].
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