Thematic Bible: Should preach


Thematic Bible




For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed--God is witness. Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofCloaksGreed, Believers' Response ToAppealing To GodThe Witness Of GodCovetousnessGreedmotives


For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, Verse ConceptsMinisters, Way They Should TeachAvoiding Deceitmotives



And I, when I came to you, brothers,did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. Verse ConceptsMinisters, Way They Should TeachPeople VisitingWitness To The GospelFoolishness Of GodExcellenceSpeechpreachingtestimonyego

"Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins. Verse ConceptsHesitationShoutingMinisters, Way They Should TeachTrumpets For SignallingWhat Sin?EmotionsrebellionDishonoring God

And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions. Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. Verse ConceptsBriersThornsMinisters, Way They Should TeachWicked Described AsScorpionsDo Not Fear Men

What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.




Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. Verse Conceptsevangelism, nature ofevangelism, kinds ofUse Of The Scripturespreaching



how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, Verse ConceptsHesitationPreaching, Content OfProperty, HousesTeachersMinisters, Way They Should TeachTeaching In The ChurchUseful ThingsPeople Willing




As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes.



Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. The former proclaim Christ out of rivalry, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment.

So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. Verse ConceptsMentoringCommitment, to God's peopleLove, For One AnotherUnity, Of God's PeopleValuesMinisters, Should BeMinisters, Way They Should TeachAffection For God's PeopleThe Gospel PreachedLove Exists Between PeopleSharing



"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,'and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.




The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.