Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Consequently therefore, he has mercy on whomever he wishes, and he hardens whomever he wishes. Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeopleMind, Of GodGod Will Show MercyGod Works His WillMercyMercy And Grace

On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded [it], "Why did you make me like this"? Verse ConceptsPresumptionStriving With GodAnswering GodOther Unimportant PeopleMan's Relationship With His CreatorQuestioning GodMan's Relation To God


And he said to me, "Write: Blessed [are] those who are invited to the banquet of the wedding celebration of the Lamb!" And he said to me, "These are the true words of God." Verse ConceptsBabylonFeastingBanquets, Events CelebratedCelebrationsAngels as agents of judgmentAngels, as God's messengersGuestsHonestyLove FeastMarriage, Customs ConcerningWeddingsBlessed Through GodMarriage To GodWedding GuestsRomanceGay Marriage

And we know that all [things] work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to [his] purpose, because [those] whom he foreknew, he also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brothers. And [those] whom he predestined, these [he] also called, and [those] whom he called, these [he] also justified, and [those] whom he justified, these [he] also glorified.

On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded [it], "Why did you make me like this"? Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that [is] for {honorable use} and [one] that [is] for {ordinary use}? And [what] if God, wanting to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? read more.
And [he did so] in order that he could make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he prepared beforehand for glory, us whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? As he also says in Hosea, "I will call those [who were] not my people, 'My people,' and those [who were] not loved, 'Loved.' And it will be in the place where it was said to them, 'You [are] not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"

but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness, but to those [who are] called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ [is] the power of God and the wisdom of God.

For the one who is called in the Lord [while] a slave is the Lord's freedperson. Likewise the one who is called [while] free is a slave of Christ. You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. Each one in [the situation] in which he was called, brothers--in this he should remain with God.




On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded [it], "Why did you make me like this"? Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that [is] for {honorable use} and [one] that [is] for {ordinary use}? And [what] if God, wanting to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? read more.
And [he did so] in order that he could make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he prepared beforehand for glory, us whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? As he also says in Hosea, "I will call those [who were] not my people, 'My people,' and those [who were] not loved, 'Loved.' And it will be in the place where it was said to them, 'You [are] not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"

For [as I] was passing through and observing carefully your objects of worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, 'To an unknown God.' Therefore what you worship without knowing [it], this I proclaim to you-- the God who made the world and all the things in it. This one, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands, nor is he served by human hands [as if he] needed anything, [because] he himself gives to everyone life and breath and everything. read more.
And he made from one [man] every nation of humanity to live on all the face of the earth, determining [their] fixed times and the fixed boundaries of their habitation, to search for God, if perhaps indeed they might feel around for him and find [him]. And indeed he is not far away from each one of us, for in him we live and move and exist, as even some of {your own} poets have said: 'For we also are {his} offspring.' Therefore, [because we] are offspring of God, we ought not to think the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.

For all those who are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery [leading] to fear again, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, "Abba! Father!" The Spirit himself confirms to our spirit that we are children of God, read more.
and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [with him] so that we may also be glorified together [with him].

Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation [is there between] righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship [does] light [have] with darkness? And what agreement [does] Christ [have] with Beliar? Or what share [does] a believer [have] with an unbeliever? And what agreement [does the] temple of God [have] with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and will walk about [among them], and I will be their God and they will be my people." read more.
Therefore "come out from their midst and be separate," says the Lord, "and do not touch what is unclean, and I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me," says the all-powerful Lord.

Do all [things] without grumbling and disputing, in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,

See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever he is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.



For the sake of my name I {refrain from} my anger, and [for] my praise I restrain [it] for you [so as] not to cut you off. Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfRestraintPunishment, DelayedForbearanceDivine DelaysRestraints From Killing


who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, [while] an ark was being constructed, in which a few--that is, eight souls--were rescued through water. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBaptism, significance ofBefore The FloodGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Patience OfNoahSeafaringPunishment, DelayedLongsuffering Of GodThe DelugeDivine DelaysEight PeopleGod WaitingFew Peopledisobedienceinvesting

'Yahweh [is] {slow to anger} and great of loyal love, {forgiving} sin and rebellion; but surely he leaves nothing unpunished, visiting the sin of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generations.' Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheAbundant MercyGenerationsChildren, responsibilities to parentsGod, Patience OfReliabilityRestraintUnforgivenessLongsuffering Of GodParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerLove And ForgivenessAnger And ForgivenessParents LoveParents Being Wrong

But my eye took pity on them by not destroying them, and {I did not completely destroy them} in the desert. Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfLongsuffering Of GodDying In The Wilderness


For the sake of my name I {refrain from} my anger, and [for] my praise I restrain [it] for you [so as] not to cut you off. Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfRestraintPunishment, DelayedForbearanceDivine DelaysRestraints From Killing


who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, [while] an ark was being constructed, in which a few--that is, eight souls--were rescued through water. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBaptism, significance ofBefore The FloodGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Patience OfNoahSeafaringPunishment, DelayedLongsuffering Of GodThe DelugeDivine DelaysEight PeopleGod WaitingFew Peopledisobedienceinvesting

'Yahweh [is] {slow to anger} and great of loyal love, {forgiving} sin and rebellion; but surely he leaves nothing unpunished, visiting the sin of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generations.' Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheAbundant MercyGenerationsChildren, responsibilities to parentsGod, Patience OfReliabilityRestraintUnforgivenessLongsuffering Of GodParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerLove And ForgivenessAnger And ForgivenessParents LoveParents Being Wrong

But my eye took pity on them by not destroying them, and {I did not completely destroy them} in the desert. Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfLongsuffering Of GodDying In The Wilderness



who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, [while] an ark was being constructed, in which a few--that is, eight souls--were rescued through water. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBaptism, significance ofBefore The FloodGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Patience OfNoahSeafaringPunishment, DelayedLongsuffering Of GodThe DelugeDivine DelaysEight PeopleGod WaitingFew Peopledisobedienceinvesting



But for the sake of this I have caused you to stand--for the sake of showing you my strength and in order to proclaim my name in all the earth. Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfMotives, Importance OfPower Of God, ShownPredestination, Of PersonsProclaiming God’s NameGod Showed His PowerWhy God Did ThingsPurposeLife Purpose


But for the sake of this I have caused you to stand--for the sake of showing you my strength and in order to proclaim my name in all the earth. Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfMotives, Importance OfPower Of God, ShownPredestination, Of PersonsProclaiming God’s NameGod Showed His PowerWhy God Did ThingsPurposeLife Purpose