Thematic Bible: Saints should


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But, just as, in everything, ye superabound, - in faith, and discourse, and knowledge, and all earnestness, and in the love among you which proceedeth from us, in order that, in this favour also, ye would superabound. Verse ConceptsFaith, Growth IneagernessAbounding, Good ThingsGenerosity, Used TowardsKnowingLove Exists Between PeopleGraceGivingReciprocitySpeechgraciousness



In respect, however, of the promise of God, he was not led to hesitate by unbelief, but received power by his faith, giving glory unto God, And being fully persuaded (that), - what he hath promised, able is he also to perform: Wherefore also, it was reckoned unto him as righteousness. read more.
Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was reckoned unto him, But for our sakes also - unto whom it is to be reckoned, - even unto them that believe upon him who raised Jesus our Lord from among the dead:


My GOD, thou art, and I will thank thee, - My Elohim, I will exalt thee. Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodWe Thank GodYou Are Our GodThanksgiving Offered To God






If, the world, is hating, you, ye are getting to know that, me, before you, it hath hated. If, of the world, ye had been, the world, of its own, had been fond; but, because, of the world, ye are not, on the contrary, I, chose you out of the world, therefore, the world, doth hate you.

When thou seest the ass of him that hateth thee sinking down under his burden, and mightest have foreborne to unload him, thou shalt surely help him to unload, Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toResponsibility, For God's WorldAnimal RightsHeavy BurdensPeople HelpingLoving Your Enemies


If rejoiced in the misfortune of him that hated me, or exulted when calamity found him; - Neither did I suffer my palate to sin, by asking, with a curse, for his life:



The which things, indeed, though they have, an appearance, of wisdom, in self-devised religious observance, and lowliness of mind, and ill-treatment of body, are, in no honourable way, unto a satisfying of the flesh. Verse ConceptsFalse WorshipIntelligenceMortificationOutward AppearanceSelf ControlUnreliabilityWisdom, Source Of HumanWorship, Acceptable AttitudesSelf AbasementWorldly WisdomBe Humble!Religious FreedomBeauty And Self WorthValueRespecting Your Bodypietyreality

I exhort you, therefore, I, the prisoner in the Lord, to walk in a manner worthy of the calling wherewith ye were called: - With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, bearing one with another in love,



But, now, I have written unto you not to be mixing yourselves up, - if anyone named a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one as this, not so much, as to be eating together, Verse ConceptsBad CompanyAlcoholGreed, Believers' Response ToBad FriendsFellowship With WickedSexual ChastityCorrecting A BrotherGood AssoiciatesWarnings Of Evil AssociationsAvoid ImmoralityAvoiding IdolatryNo DealingsAbusive RelationshipsAddictionCovetousnesssexGreedSexual Immoralitydrunkards

so as not to go in among these nations, these which remain with you, - and, with the name of their gods, shall ye neither make memorial nor put on oath, and neither serve them, - nor bow down to them. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessParticipation, In SinServanthood, And Worship Of GodSteadfastnessNot Swearing OathsAvoiding ForeignersDo Not Have Other gods

neither shalt thou intermarry with them, - thy daughter, shalt thou not give unto his son, nor his daughter, shalt thou take for thy son; Verse ConceptsIntermarriageGiving In MarriageCommunication In MarriageMarriage KjvRacecultureinterracialmarraigematrimony

And thou wilt take of his daughters for thy sons, - And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause thy sons to go unchastely after their gods. Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningWivesIntermarriagewhores

Take heed to thyself, Lest thou solemnise a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, whereupon, thou, art about to enter, - Lest he become a snare in thy midst; Verse ConceptsAliancesTrapWorldly SnaresWarnings Of Evil AssociationsEvil Trapping

Lest thou solemnise a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, - And then as surely as they go unchastely after their gods and sacrifice to their gods, So surely will he invite thee, And thou wilt eat of his sacrifice; Verse ConceptsFood For Other godsFood Offered To IdolsWorshipping Material Things


so as not to go in among these nations, these which remain with you, - and, with the name of their gods, shall ye neither make memorial nor put on oath, and neither serve them, - nor bow down to them. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessParticipation, In SinServanthood, And Worship Of GodSteadfastnessNot Swearing OathsAvoiding ForeignersDo Not Have Other gods

What, then, am I saying? - that, an idol-sacrifice, is anything? or that, an idol, is anything? On the contrary - that, the things which the nations sacrifice, unto demons, and not unto God, they sacrifice; and I wish not that ye should become, sharers together with the demons!


and ye perceive and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but well-nigh in all Asia, this Paul, hath persuaded and turned away a considerable multitude, saying that they are, no gods, which, with hands, are made. Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionPolytheism


and thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and so become devoted to destruction, like it, thou shalt, abhor, it, and thou shalt, loathe it, because a thing devoted to destruction, it is. Verse ConceptsAbominationsIdolatryUnder The Bancurses

But, if not, be it known to thee, O king, - that, thy god, will we not serve, and, the image of gold which thou hast set up, will we not adore. Verse ConceptsGood Decision Making ExamplesAuthority, of human institutionsHuman Authority, Christian ResponseLeaders, PoliticalServanthood, And Worship Of GodSteadfastness, Examples OfNot Worshipping Idolsimage

Already, indeed, it is an utter defeat for you, that ye are having, law-suits, one with another. Wherefore are ye not rather taking wrong? Wherefore are ye not rather suffering yourselves to be defrauded? Verse ConceptsdefeatRevenge, And RetaliationTypes Of ChristRobbing PeopleWronging Other PeopleInjusticeMoralityMoral Decay

An abomination to the righteous, is the man of perversity, and, an abomination to the lawless, is a man of straightforward way. Verse ConceptsAbominationsHating EvilHating The RighteousHate

But, I, tell you, not to resist evil, - Nay, whoever is smiting thee on the right cheek, turn to him, the other also; Verse ConceptsCheeksInsultsSelf DefenceTemperAccepting BeatingsTwo Of Body PartsOther Right PartsRepaying Evil For EvilTurning The Other CheekForgiving Others Who Hurt You

Are ye, indeed, silent when righteousness, ye should speak? When, with equity, ye should judge, O ye sons of men? Aye! ye all do work, perversity, - Throughout the land, your hands, weigh out, violence!

Upon interest, hath not put out his money. And increase, hath not accepted, From dishonesty, hath turned back his hand, - Justice in truth, hath doze, between man and man; In my statutes, hath walked. And my regulations, hath observed to do them in truth, Righteous, he is, He shall surely live, Declareth My Lord. Yahweh.

[AYIN] I have done justice and righteousness, - Do not leave me to mine oppressors. Verse ConceptsDo Not Forsake Us!People In Righteousness




For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity; Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceTeaching The Way Of Godfairnessbehavior

Wilt thou, then, give unto thy servant, a heart that hearkeneth, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad, - for who is able to judge this thine honoured people? Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfHeart, HumanWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Source Of HumanKnowledgeDiscerning God's ThingsPeople Involved In JudgementPay Attention To God!Making DecisionsDiscernmentDecision Making

Give no occasion of stumbling - whether to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God: Verse ConceptsStumblingAntagonism From Jew And GentileDo Not HinderThe Church UniversalChurch Distinct From IsraelChurch Of God


But, conscience, I mean, not thine own, but the other's, - for why is my freedom to be judged by another's conscience? Verse ConceptsConsciousnessChristian LibertyReligious FreedomFreedomJudging Others Actionsconscience




Unto whom, not even for an hour, gave we place by the required submission, - in order that, the truth of the glad-message, might still abide with you. Verse ConceptsOrthodoxy, In NtA Short TimeThe Truth Of The GospelThe Purity Of The GospelShort Time For ActionGod's Word Is TrueSurrender

But, conscience, I mean, not thine own, but the other's, - for why is my freedom to be judged by another's conscience? Verse ConceptsConsciousnessChristian LibertyReligious FreedomFreedomJudging Others Actionsconscience

I beseech thee, O Yahweh - for, I, am thy servant, - I, am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid, Thou hast loosened my bonds. To thee, will I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and, on the Name of Yahweh, will I call:

That I may walk to and fro in a large place, because, thy precepts, have I sought. Verse ConceptsIndependenceGod Freeing CaptivesChristian LibertyReligious FreedomFreedom




Not by way of injunction, do I speak, but through, others', earnestness, and, the genuineness of your own love, putting to the test. Verse ConceptsGenuinenessLove, Nature OfSincerity, In Christian LivingComparisonsSincereityLove Exists Between PeopleMen's OrdersTests

Acteth not unbecomingly, seeketh not her own things, is not easily provoked, imputeth not that which is base, Verse ConceptsAggressionBeing In LoveIrritationMannersDo Not Be SelfishPeople Forgiving OthersUnconditional Love



For I know your forwardness of mind - of which, in your behalf, I am boasting unto Macedonians, that, Achaia, hath been prepared for a year past, - and, your zeal, hath stirred up the greater number of them. Verse ConceptsEnthusiasmAttitudes, to other peopleReadinessProvokingFervourZealousness, Examples OfPaul's BoastingPeople Willing

But, just as, in everything, ye superabound, - in faith, and discourse, and knowledge, and all earnestness, and in the love among you which proceedeth from us, in order that, in this favour also, ye would superabound. Verse ConceptsFaith, Growth IneagernessAbounding, Good ThingsGenerosity, Used TowardsKnowingLove Exists Between PeopleGraceGivingReciprocitySpeechgraciousness





She shall be saved, however, through means of the child-bearing, - if they abide in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobermindedness. Faithful, the saying. Verse ConceptsBeing A WomenChild BearingSobernessAgape LoveBeing SavedRaising ChildrenGodly WomanWomen's RolesMotherhoodSanctificationHaving A Babywomanhoodchildbearing





Put on, therefore, as men chosen of God, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, graciousness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering, Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another - if any, against any, have a complaint, - according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;


Seek Yahweh - all ye lowly of the land, who have wrought, what he appointed, - seek righteousness, seek humility, peradventure, ye shall be concealed, in the day of the anger of Yahweh? Verse ConceptsHumilityMeeknessRighteousness, Of BelieversSeeking GodAnswered PromisesSeeking For Abstract ThingsBeing Hidden From GodBe Humble!God And The HumbleHidden From GodBeing HumbleHumble Yourselfhumblenesshumble


Wherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflow of baseness, in meekness, welcome ye the word fitted for inward growth, which is able to save your souls: Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of The GospeldrossdirtReformationSin, Avoidance OfAbility, Of God To SaveReceiving God's WordPollution ForbiddenBe Humble!Being HumbleMoralityHumility And Pridehumblenesswelcome


To be defaming, no one, to be, averse to strife, considerate, shewing, all, meekness unto all men. Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingGossipInjuryHumilitySlanderPeaceablenessThe Gentleness Of God's PeopleAvoid QuarrelsAbusive RelationshipsWork Ethic

No longer, then, upon one another, let us be sitting in judgment, but, this, judge ye rather - not to be putting a cause of stumbling before your brother or an occasion to fall. Verse ConceptsGood FriendsCommitment, to God's peopleInfluenceOffenceTemptation, Avoiding CausingThe Saints, Without OffenceStumbling BlocksNot JudgingDo Not HinderChristian LibertyHindrancesJudgingJudging Others Actions


If I had thought, I will relate it thus, Lo! the circle of thy sons, had I betrayed. Verse ConceptsThe Saints, Without OffenceIsrael As Sons Of GodHurt And Betrayal


Therefore, if food is an occasion of stumbling unto my brother, in nowise will I eat flesh unto the age that abideth, - that, I may not occasion, my brother, to stumble. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceGiving, Of OneselfSelf DisciplineSelf DenialThe Saints, Without OffenceBrotherly LoveAdaptabilityDo Not HinderEating Meatpork

And Moses said unto Aaron, What had this people done to thee, - that thou shouldst have brought upon them a great sin? Verse ConceptsAaron, Sins OfThe Saints, Without OffenceWhat Do They Do?

Nay, my sons! for it is no good report that I do hear: leading into transgression the people of Yahweh. Verse ConceptsThe Saints, Without Offence



And, if, thy right eye, is causing thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee, - for it profiteth thee, that, one of thy members, should perish, and not, thy whole body, be cast into gehenna. And, if, thy right hand, is causing thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee, - for it profiteth thee, that, one of thy members, should perish, and not, thy whole body, into gehenna, depart.



Salt is, good: but, if, salt, become, saltless, wherewith will ye, prepare, it? Have, within yourselves, salt, and be at peace, one with another. Verse ConceptsGoalsSaltPeace, In Christian LivingPersonal ContactTastelessnessSeek PeaceTastelessSournessChemicalsLosing FriendsGood Qualities








Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts - The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the eleventh, shall become to the house of Judah a gladness and a rejoicing, and pleasant appointed meetings, - But, truth and peace, see that ye love. Verse ConceptsFeastsFasting, Nature OfJoy, Of IsraelPeace, In Christian LivingMonth 4Month 5Month 7Month 10Fasting RegularlyFuture Rejoicing In GodLoving GoodMonthsFastingCelebrationFasting And Prayer



For, Mordecai the Jew, was next unto King Ahasuerus, and became great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brethren, - seeking happiness for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. Verse ConceptsPeace, In Christian LivingSecond Being

Let my soul live, that it may praise thee, So shall thy regulation help me. Verse ConceptsPraiseSpiritual Life, Described ByGod Help!Praise The Lord!LiveSupport






And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us and deliver us, from among the nations, - that we may give thanks unto thy holy name, that we may triumph aloud in thy praise. Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfSalvation, Sought ByGathering Israel

Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, That we may triumph aloud in thy praise. Verse ConceptsGathering IsraelSave Us!

Let them render unto Yahweh, glory, - And, his praise, in the Coastlands let them tell. Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodPraisePraise, Reasons ForPraise And Worship




Are not, two sparrows, for a farthing, sold? And, one from among them, shall not fall upon the ground, without your Father; But, even the hairs of, your, head, have all been numbered. Then be not in fear - than many sparrows, better are, ye!

Ye may procure - neither gold, nor silver, nor copper, for your belts, - Verse ConceptsCopperBeltsPursesBrassLacking MoneyMoney Boxcats


And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, - If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way whereon, I, am going, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on; and I come back in prosperity unto the house of my father, Then will Yahweh prove to be my God, -

Then he said, O Yahweh, God of my lord Abraham! I pray thee cause it to fall out before me today, that thou deal in lovingkindness with my lord Abraham. Here am, I, stationed by the fountain of water, - and, the daughters of the men of the city, are coming forth to draw water: so it shall come to pass that the young woman unto whom I shall say. Let down pray. thy pitcher that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink, and to thy camels also, will I give to drink, that, her! hast thou appointed for thy servant for Isaac, And, hereby, shall I get to know, that thou hast dealt in lovingkindness with my lord!


Even there, thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingGuardiansHand Of GodProvidenceRight Hand Of God


And David was in sore distress, for the people had spoken of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were embittered, every man for his own sons and for his own daughters, - but David emboldened himself in Yahweh his God. Verse ConceptsPrayerfulnessResentment, Against PeopleStoningBeing BitterBraveryRelying Upon GodGod Strengthening PeopleFear Of StoningCourage And StrengthFamily StrengthStress And Hard TimesFamily ProblemsTragedyMotivationencouragingupliftingmyselfFinding Comfort In God



Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart, - Thou shalt, faithfully reprove, thy neighbour, and not countenance him in sin: Verse ConceptsAngerConfrontationChallengesIncurring GuiltParticipation, In SinRebukeLove To Others Shown InDuties To NeighboursReproving PeopleGuiltSibling Love


But, to reprovers, one should be pleasant, and, upon them, should come an excellent blessing: Verse ConceptsBlessingReproving Peoplerebuking

Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate thee, Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. Verse ConceptsReproofDespisersScoffersHating The RighteousHatehaterscriticismrebukingmockers

Let a righteous man smite me - a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head which let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities. Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersevil, believers' responses toSpeech, Positive Aspects OfAdmonition, Of ChristiansOlive OilAccepting Beatingsnegativityrebuking

Already, indeed, it is an utter defeat for you, that ye are having, law-suits, one with another. Wherefore are ye not rather taking wrong? Wherefore are ye not rather suffering yourselves to be defrauded? Verse ConceptsdefeatRevenge, And RetaliationTypes Of ChristRobbing PeopleWronging Other PeopleInjusticeMoralityMoral Decay


But, I, tell you, not to resist evil, - Nay, whoever is smiting thee on the right cheek, turn to him, the other also; And, him who is desiring thee to be judged, and to take, thy tunic, let him have, thy mantle also.

Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of a people, - didst appoint me to be the head of nations, A people I had not known, served me: Verse ConceptsHeadshipServing PeopleNot Knowing PeopleHead As ChiefServingConflictServant Leadership

Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of my people, didst keep me to be the head of nations: - a people whom I had not known, served me; Verse ConceptsServing PeopleNot Knowing PeopleForeigners Included Among The PeopleHead As ChiefServingpreservation

So then Abram said unto Lot Pray let not cause of strife arise betwixt me and thee, or betwixt my herdmen and thy herdmen; for brethren, are we. Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And VictoryLove Between RelativesConflictFamily ConflictResolving Conflict


Contend, O Yahweh, with them who contend with me, Make war upon them who make war upon me. Verse ConceptsFirst To FightBattleEnemy Attacksstriving

Give thou ear O Yahweh unto me, - And hearken unto the voice of mine accusers. Verse ConceptsIngratitude, Examples OfPay Attention O God!



Of these things, be putting them in remembrance, adjuring them before God not to be waging word-battles, - useful, for nothing, occasioning a subversion of them that hearken. Verse ConceptsFutilityDiscorddisagreementsInfluenceUseless ThingsArguingQuarrelsDestruction Of The WickedReminders Of The GospelUseless WordsAvoid QuarrelsUseless Words And ThinkingErrorPositive Thinkingdistractionsremembrancestrivingdoctrine









No longer, then, upon one another, let us be sitting in judgment, but, this, judge ye rather - not to be putting a cause of stumbling before your brother or an occasion to fall. Verse ConceptsGood FriendsCommitment, to God's peopleInfluenceOffenceTemptation, Avoiding CausingThe Saints, Without OffenceStumbling BlocksNot JudgingDo Not HinderChristian LibertyHindrancesJudgingJudging Others Actions


These, are the things which ye shall do: Speak ye the truth, every man with his neighbour, truth and the sentence of peace, pronounce ye in your gates; Verse ConceptsLawsuitsBusiness At The GatewayJudging RightlyPerforming The TruthSpeaking TruthDoing God's WorksSeek PeaceJudgmentsTelling The Truth

Now, therefore, revere ye Yahweh, and serve him, in sincerity and in truth, - and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Yahweh. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Godethics, personalReverence, And God's NatureSincerity, In Christian LivingFear Of GodSincereityAbandoning ThingsPutting Away Other GodsServing One's Own GodsBeyond The EuphratesFear God!Serving God


to the end that Yahweh may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy sons will take heed to their way, by walking before me, in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul, (then, said he) there shall not be cut off to thee a man, from off the throne of Israel. Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritWalking In The TruthThroneWatchfulness, Of BelieversWhole HeartednessSaul And David

I beseech thee, O Yahweh, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee, in truth, and with a whole heart, and, that which is good in thine eyes, have I done! And Hezekiah wept aloud. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfCommitment, to GodWeepingOthers MourningPeople Mourning Catastrophe



Rejoiceth not over unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in sympathy with truth, - Verse ConceptsGood FriendsDelighting, Wrong Kinds OfPerforming The TruthLack Of RejoicingInjustice

So then, let us be keeping the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of baseness and wickedness, - but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeception, Christians Must Not PracticeHonestySpiteSincereityLeavenedGod's Truthnot celebrating christmasthe anniversary FeastsSexual Puritycelebrating



Lovingkindness and faithfulness, let them not forsake thee, - bind them, upon thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart: Verse ConceptsLifestylesActs of KindnessNecksRopesTabletsWritingFaithful, Choose To RemainBindingJoined To GoodWriting On PeopleBlessingFaithfulnessfitnessdevotionclosuregraciousness