Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible





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. Verse ConceptsPlucking OutPositive ThinkingAffections Should Not Grow Cold










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," Verse ConceptsBacksliding, Christian ExamplesWarnings Against ApostasyDisappointments, Examples OfDesertionRashnessInstabilityGod's Call, ResultsShallownessThe Purity Of The GospelDifferent TeachingsConsider Your Call To SalvationThe Grace Of Christsurprises

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]. Verse ConceptsCowardiceExclusivenessRacial PrejudiceFear Of ManInstabilityRelations With ForeignersCircumcision PartyNecessity Of CircumcisionFear Of Enemies


But when the sun came up these tender sprouts were scorched and, since they had such tiny roots, they [quickly] withered away. Verse ConceptsThe SunInstabilityPeople WitheredScorchingRoses

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]. Verse ConceptsSeafaringProvincesInstabilityPeople Abandoning PeopleMissionaries