Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
The gospel » Rejection of, by many, foretold
And how can men preach unless they are sent? ??as it is written, How pleasant is the coming of men with glad, good news! But they have not all given in to the gospel of glad news? No, Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed what they heard from us?
Obedience to God » Includes » Obeying the gospel
through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,
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Thank God, though you did serve sin, you have rendered whole-hearted obedience to what you were taught under the rule of faith;
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But they have not all given in to the gospel of glad news? No, Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed what they heard from us? (You see, faith must come from what is heard, and what is heard comes from word of Christ.)
Religion » Natural
though as the bountiful Giver he did not leave himself without a witness, giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, giving you food and joy to your heart's content."
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Why, as I passed along and scanned your objects of worship, I actually came upon an altar with the inscription TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Well, I proclaim to you what you worship in your ignorance. The God who made the world and all things in it, he, as Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in shrines that are made by human hands; he is not served by human hands as if he needed anything, for it is he who gives life and breath and all things to all men. read more.
All nations he has created from a common origin, to dwell all over the earth, fixing their allotted periods and the boundaries of their abodes, meaning them to seek for God on the chance of finding him in their groping for him. Though indeed he is close to each one of us, for it is in him that we live and move and exist ??as some of your own poets have said, 'We too belong to His race.'
All nations he has created from a common origin, to dwell all over the earth, fixing their allotted periods and the boundaries of their abodes, meaning them to seek for God on the chance of finding him in their groping for him. Though indeed he is close to each one of us, for it is in him that we live and move and exist ??as some of your own poets have said, 'We too belong to His race.'
But God's anger is revealed from heaven against all the impiety and wickedness of those who hinder the Truth by their wickedness. For whatever is to be known of God is plain to them; God himself has made it plain ??20 for ever since the world was created, his invisible nature, his everlasting power and divine being, have been quite perceptible in what he has made. So they have no excuse.
But they have not all given in to the gospel of glad news? No, Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed what they heard from us? (You see, faith must come from what is heard, and what is heard comes from word of Christ.) But, I ask, "Have they never heard?" Indeed they have. Their voice carried over all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.