Thematic Bible
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Boasting » Spiritual
If some of the branches have been broken off, and you who were only a wild olive shoot have been grafted in, in place of them, and made to share the richness of the olive's root, you must not look down upon the branches. If you do, remember that you do not support the root; the root supports you. "But," you will say, "branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in!" read more.
That is true; but it was for their want of faith that they were broken off, and it is through your faith that you stand where you do. You ought not to feel proud; you ought to be afraid, for if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you.
That is true; but it was for their want of faith that they were broken off, and it is through your faith that you stand where you do. You ought not to feel proud; you ought to be afraid, for if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you.
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news??ut not with fine language, or the cross of Christ might seem an empty thing. For to those who are on the way to destruction, the story of the cross is nonsense, but to us who are to be saved, it means all the power of God. For the Scripture says, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And I will thwart the shrewdness of the shrewd!" read more.
Where now is your philosopher? Your scribe? Your reasoner of today? Has not God made a fool of the world's wisdom? For since in God's providence the world with all its wisdom did not come to know God, God chose, through the folly of the gospel message, to save those who had faith in him. For Jews insist upon miracles, and Greeks demand philosophy, but we proclaim a Christ who was crucified??n idea that is revolting to Jews and absurd to the heathen, but to those whom God has called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is God's power and God's wisdom. For God's folly is beyond the wisdom of men, and God's weakness is beyond their strength. For consider, brothers, what happened when God called you. Not many of you were what men call wise, not many of you were influential, not many were of high birth. But it was what the world calls foolish that God chose to put the wise to shame with, and it was what the world calls weak that God chose to shame its strength with, and it was what the world calls low and insignificant and unreal that God chose to nullify its realities, so that in his presence no human being might have anything to boast of. But you are his children, through your union with Christ Jesus, whom God has made our wisdom??ur uprightness and consecration and redemption, so that, as the Scripture says, "Let him who would boast, boast of the Lord!"
Where now is your philosopher? Your scribe? Your reasoner of today? Has not God made a fool of the world's wisdom? For since in God's providence the world with all its wisdom did not come to know God, God chose, through the folly of the gospel message, to save those who had faith in him. For Jews insist upon miracles, and Greeks demand philosophy, but we proclaim a Christ who was crucified??n idea that is revolting to Jews and absurd to the heathen, but to those whom God has called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is God's power and God's wisdom. For God's folly is beyond the wisdom of men, and God's weakness is beyond their strength. For consider, brothers, what happened when God called you. Not many of you were what men call wise, not many of you were influential, not many were of high birth. But it was what the world calls foolish that God chose to put the wise to shame with, and it was what the world calls weak that God chose to shame its strength with, and it was what the world calls low and insignificant and unreal that God chose to nullify its realities, so that in his presence no human being might have anything to boast of. But you are his children, through your union with Christ Jesus, whom God has made our wisdom??ur uprightness and consecration and redemption, so that, as the Scripture says, "Let him who would boast, boast of the Lord!"
Now, brothers, for your benefit I have applied all this only to Apollos and myself, by using us as illustrations to teach you the old lesson, "Never go beyond the letter," and to keep any of you from boasting of one teacher at the expense of another. For who sees anything special in you? And what have you got that you have not been given? But if it has been given you, why do you boast as though it had not been?
I do not indeed venture to class or compare myself with certain individuals who approve of themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they do not show good sense. But my boasting will not be extravagant, nor exceed the limits God has allowed me, which reach all the way to you. It is no strain for me to do this, as it might be for people who had never got so far, for I was the first to come all the way to you with the good news of the Christ. read more.
I do not indulge in extravagant boasts over work done by others, but I do hope that as your faith increases, my influence may be immensely enlarged through you, and I may preach the gospel in the lands beyond you without having to boast over work already done in another's field. But let the man who boasts, boast about the Lord. For it is not the man who approves of himself who is really approved; it is the man of whom the Lord approves.
I do not indulge in extravagant boasts over work done by others, but I do hope that as your faith increases, my influence may be immensely enlarged through you, and I may preach the gospel in the lands beyond you without having to boast over work already done in another's field. But let the man who boasts, boast about the Lord. For it is not the man who approves of himself who is really approved; it is the man of whom the Lord approves.
For it is by his mercy that you have been saved through faith. It is not by your own action, it is the gift of God. It has not been earned, so that no one can boast of it.
Corruption » Physical decomposition » After death
For you will not desert my soul in death, You will not let your Holy One be destroyed.
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he foresaw the resurrection of the Christ and told of it, for he was not deserted in death and his body was not destroyed.
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Now as evidence that he has raised him from the dead, never again to return to decay, he said this: 'I will fulfil to you my sacred promises to David.' For in another psalm he says, 'You will not let your Holy One undergo decay.' Now David, after serving God's purposes in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his forefathers and did undergo decay, read more.
but he whom God raised to life did not undergo it.
but he whom God raised to life did not undergo it.
It is so with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in decay, it is raised free from decay.
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But I can tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot share in the Kingdom of God, and decay will not share in what is imperishable.
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Folly » What is folly
Riches » Cannot redeem the soul
for you know that you have not been ransomed with anything perishable like silver or gold, from the futile way of living in which you were brought up,
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Trust » Those that trust in wealth
Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven! And again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!" But when the disciples heard this, they were completely astounded and said, "Then who can be saved?" read more.
But Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but anything is possible for God!"
But Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but anything is possible for God!"
And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to enter the Kingdom of God!" But the disciples were amazed at what he said. And Jesus said to them again, "My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!" read more.
They were perfectly astounded and said to him, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but not for God, for anything is possible for God."
They were perfectly astounded and said to him, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but not for God, for anything is possible for God."
And when Jesus saw it, he said, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the Kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!" And those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" read more.
And he said, "The things that are impossible for men are possible for God!"
And he said, "The things that are impossible for men are possible for God!"
Wealth » Those that trust in wealth
Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven! And again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!" But when the disciples heard this, they were completely astounded and said, "Then who can be saved?" read more.
But Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but anything is possible for God!"
But Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but anything is possible for God!"
And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to enter the Kingdom of God!" But the disciples were amazed at what he said. And Jesus said to them again, "My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!" read more.
They were perfectly astounded and said to him, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but not for God, for anything is possible for God."
They were perfectly astounded and said to him, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but not for God, for anything is possible for God."
And when Jesus saw it, he said, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the Kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!" And those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" read more.
And he said, "The things that are impossible for men are possible for God!"
And he said, "The things that are impossible for men are possible for God!"
Wealth » What cannot be purchased with money
But Peter said to him, "Go to destruction with your money, for thinking you could buy God's gift with it!
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