Thematic Bible: Social in the church
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Evil » Social in the church » Generation
And with many other words bare he witness, and exhorted them saying, "Save yourselves from this untoward generation."
The froward and overthwart generation hath marred themselves to himward, and are not his sons for their deformities' sake.
Jesus answered, and said, "O generation without faith, and crooked: how long shall I be with you? And shall suffer you? Bring thy son hither."
Then he goeth his way, and taketh unto him seven other spirits worse than himself, and so enter they in and dwell there. And the end of that man is worse than the beginning. Even so shall it be with this evil nation."
The generation that think themselves clean, shall not be cleansed from their filthiness.
When he saw many of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, "O generation of vipers, who hath taught you to flee from the vengeance to come?
He answered them saying, "The evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign; but there shall no sign be given to them, but the sign of the prophet Jonah:
Evil » Social in the church » In politics
Even that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'
They also that reward evil for good are against me, because I follow the thing that is good.
Thus they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my good will.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, the plague shall not depart from his house.
Do they not recompense evil for good, when they dig a pit for my soul? Remember, how that I stood before thee, to speak for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Jesus answered them, "Many good works have I showed you from my father: for which of them will ye stone me?"
Evil » Social in the church » Fulness
and in the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full."
being full of all unrighteous doing: of fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, evil-conditioned whisperers,
"O full of all subtlety and deceitfulness, and child of the devil, and the enemy of all righteousness: thou ceasest not to pervert the straight ways of the Lord.
Among all things that come to pass under the Sun, this is a mystery, that it happeneth unto all alike. This is the cause also that the hearts of men are full of wickedness, and mad foolishness is in their hearts, as long as they live, until they die.
So then: ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them, which killed the prophets. Fulfill ye likewise the measure of your fathers: