Thematic Bible
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Affections » Should not grow cold
They believed therefore in his words, They sang his praise. Soon forgat they his works, - They waited not for his counsel;
And, because of lawlessness being brought to the full, the love of the many, will grew cold.
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Where, then, is the happiness ye accounted yours? For I bear you witness - that, if possible, your eyes, ye would have dug out, and given unto me.
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Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left.
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Backsliders » Instances of » Churches of asia
Nevertheless, I have against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, she who calleth herself a prophetess, and is teaching and leading astray my own servants to commit lewdness and to eat idol-sacrifices;
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Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left.
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For, already, some have turned aside after Satan:
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Nevertheless, I have against thee, a few things, - that thou hast there, such as hold fast the teaching of Balaam, - who went on to teach Balak to throw a cause of stumbling before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices and to commit lewdness: thus, even, thou, hast such as hold fast the teaching of the Nicolaitanes, in like manner.
Become thou watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, that were about to die; for I have not found thy works fulfilled before my God. Remember, therefore, how thou hast received, and didst hear, and keep it and repent. If then thou shall not watch, I will have come as a thief, and in nowise shalt thou get to know, during what sort of hour, I will have come upon thee.
I know thy works; - that neither, cold, art thou, nor hot: I would that, cold, thou hadst been, or hot. Thus, because, lukewarm, thou art, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, Rich, am I, and have become enriched, and, of nothing, have I need, and knowest not that, thou, art the wretched one, and pitiable, and destitute, and blind, and naked, read more.
I counsel thee to buy of me, gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich, - and white raiment, that thou mayest array thyself, and, the shame of thy nakedness, may not be made manifest, - and eye-salve, to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
I counsel thee to buy of me, gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich, - and white raiment, that thou mayest array thyself, and, the shame of thy nakedness, may not be made manifest, - and eye-salve, to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
Backsliding » Results of » Loss of spiritual enthusiasm
Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left.
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Backsliding » Is leaving the first love
Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left.
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Ephesus » Apocalyptic message to
Unto the messenger of the assembly, in Ephesus, write: - These things, saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven lamps of gold: I know thy works, and thy toil, and endurance, and that thou canst not bear bad men, and thou hast tried them who were affirming themselves to be apostles, and they were not, and hast found them false; And thou hast, endurance, and hast borne for the sake of my name, and hast not grown weary. read more.
Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left. Remember, therefore, whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and do, thy first works; otherwise, I come unto thee, and will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou repent. But, this, thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitanes, which, I also, hate. He that hath an ear, let him hear what, the Spirit, is saying unto the assemblies. Unto him that overcometh - I will give, unto him, to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left. Remember, therefore, whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and do, thy first works; otherwise, I come unto thee, and will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou repent. But, this, thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitanes, which, I also, hate. He that hath an ear, let him hear what, the Spirit, is saying unto the assemblies. Unto him that overcometh - I will give, unto him, to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Love » For Christ » Grown cold
And, because of lawlessness being brought to the full, the love of the many, will grew cold.
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Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left.
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Hypocritical is their heart, Now, shall they be held guilty, - He, will break down their altars, he will destroy their statutes.
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Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem saying - Thus saith Yahweh, I remember in thy behalf, the lovingkindness of thy youthful days, The love of thy bridal estate, - Thy coming out after me, Through the desert, Through a land, not sown:
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Having, as sentence, - that, their first faith, they have set at nought;
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Love to Christ » Decrease of, rebuked
Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left.
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Lukewarmness » Figurative
Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left.
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What can I do unto thee, O Ephraim? What can I do unto thee, O Judah? for, your lovingkindness, is like a morning cloud, yea, like the dew, early departing!
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Who have prepared e their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And, not by faithfulness, have they become mighty in the land, - For from wickedness unto wickedness, have they gone forth, But me, have they not known, Declareth Yahweh.
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Hypocritical is their heart, Now, shall they be held guilty, - He, will break down their altars, he will destroy their statutes.
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Be watching and praying, that ye may not enter into temptation: The spirit, indeed, is, eager, but, the flesh, weak.
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Ye have not gone up into the breaches, Nor but a wall about the house of Israel,- to stand in the battle in the day of Yahweh. s
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How weak was thy heart! Exclaimeth My Lord Yahweh, - That thou couldst have done all these things, The doing of a lewd woman without shame:
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Thus, speaketh Yahweh of hosts, saying, - This people, have said, Not yet hath come the time for the house of Yahweh to be built.
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Is it a time that, ye yourselves, should be dwelling in your own paneled houses? and, this house, be in ruins? Now, therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, - Apply your heart unto your own experience - Ye have sown much, but have brought in little, have eaten, and not been filled, have drunk, and not been satisfied with drink, have clothed you, and none hath been warm, - and, he that hath hired himself out, hath put his wages into a bag with holes. read more.
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, - Apply your heart to your own experience: Ascend the mountain - and bring in wood and build the house, - that I may be pleased therewith and get myself glory, saith Yahweh. When ye looked for much, then lo! it came to little, when ye brought it home, then I did blow into it, - Because of what? Demandeth Yahweh of hosts, Because of my house, the which is in ruins, while ye keep running every man to his own house. Wherefore - on your account, have the heavens, held back, dew, - and, the earth, held back her fruit; And I have called for drought, upon the land and upon the mountains, and upon the corn and upon the new wine and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground, bringeth forth, - and upon man, and upon beast, and upon all the labour of the hands.
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, - Apply your heart to your own experience: Ascend the mountain - and bring in wood and build the house, - that I may be pleased therewith and get myself glory, saith Yahweh. When ye looked for much, then lo! it came to little, when ye brought it home, then I did blow into it, - Because of what? Demandeth Yahweh of hosts, Because of my house, the which is in ruins, while ye keep running every man to his own house. Wherefore - on your account, have the heavens, held back, dew, - and, the earth, held back her fruit; And I have called for drought, upon the land and upon the mountains, and upon the corn and upon the new wine and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground, bringeth forth, - and upon man, and upon beast, and upon all the labour of the hands.
Now, therefore, I pray you apply your heart, from this day and upwards, - So long as there had not been laid one stone upon another in the temple of Yahweh, So long were things thus, that, on coming unto a heap of twenty, then was it found to be ten, - on coming unto the vat to draw off fifty measures, then were there found to be twenty.
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Become thou watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, that were about to die; for I have not found thy works fulfilled before my God.
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I know thy works; - that neither, cold, art thou, nor hot: I would that, cold, thou hadst been, or hot. Thus, because, lukewarm, thou art, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth.
Repentance » The reward for not repenting
Now there were present some, in that very season, bringing tidings to him, concerning the Galilaeans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And, answering, he said unto them - Suppose ye, that, these Galilaeans, had become, sinners beyond all the Galilaeans, because, these things, they have suffered? Nay! I tell you, but, except ye repent, ye, all, in like manner, shall perish. read more.
Or, those eighteen, upon whom fell the tower in Siloam, and slew them, suppose ye that, they, had become, debtors, beyond all the men who were dwelling in Jerusalem? Nay! I tell you, but, except ye repent, ye, all, in the same way, shall perish.
Or, those eighteen, upon whom fell the tower in Siloam, and slew them, suppose ye that, they, had become, debtors, beyond all the men who were dwelling in Jerusalem? Nay! I tell you, but, except ye repent, ye, all, in the same way, shall perish.
Unto the messenger of the assembly, in Ephesus, write: - These things, saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven lamps of gold: I know thy works, and thy toil, and endurance, and that thou canst not bear bad men, and thou hast tried them who were affirming themselves to be apostles, and they were not, and hast found them false; And thou hast, endurance, and hast borne for the sake of my name, and hast not grown weary. read more.
Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left. Remember, therefore, whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and do, thy first works; otherwise, I come unto thee, and will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou repent.
Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left. Remember, therefore, whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and do, thy first works; otherwise, I come unto thee, and will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou repent.