Thematic Bible: Temporal


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For everything created by God is permitted [to be eaten] and nothing should be refused, if it is received with gratitude, for it is consecrated [i.e., made acceptable] by the word of God and prayer.













For everything created by God is permitted [to be eaten] and nothing should be refused, if it is received with gratitude, for it is consecrated [i.e., made acceptable] by the word of God and prayer.













"So I tell you, do not worry about [the material things of] your life, [such as] what you will eat or what you will drink, or about what you will wear on your body. There are more important things in life than food, and more important things about your body than the clothing you wear. Look at the birds in the sky; they do not plant seeds or harvest [a crop] or store [things] in barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them [adequately]. Are you not a lot more valuable than they are? And which one of you can worry yourself into living a single day longer? read more.
And why are you worrying about clothing? Consider how [wild] lilies grow in a field; they do not work or weave, yet I tell you that even Solomon, clothed in his very finest royal robes, was never dressed [as luxuriously] as one of these flowers. So, if God so [beautifully] dresses the grass in a field, which is [green] today, and [then] tomorrow [dries up and] is thrown in the oven [i.e., as fuel], will He not do even more in providing your clothing, you people with such little faith? Therefore, do not worry by asking, 'What are we going to eat?' or 'What are we going to drink?' or 'What are we going to wear?' For these are the things that the [unconverted] Gentiles keep trying to get. But your heavenly Father [already] knows you need these things. So, you should put the kingdom of God and what He says is right first [in your lives], then all these things [i.e., food, drink and clothing] will be provided for you.


"Therefore, when you give money to help poor people, do not blow a trumpet in front of you [i.e., to call attention to it] as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets. They do this in order to win praise from people. It is true when I say to you, they have [already] received their reward. Verse ConceptsBabblingHypocrisy, Description OfOutward AppearancePoverty, Attitudes TowardsPretencePride, Examples OfStatusTrumpetHypocrites, Description OfDisplayingBraggingTrumpets For SignallingChrist Telling The TruthUsing RoadsGiving To The PoorNo RewardSettling AccountsSeeking HonourHypocritesGivingRewardHelping OthersHypocrisyHelping The PoorHelping Those In NeedHelping Others In NeedGiving Backrecognition

[And] we were not looking for honor from people, either from you or from anyone else, even though, as apostles of Christ, we could have become a burden [to you]. [Note: The idea seems to be that the apostles could have claimed financial support, but chose not to]. Verse ConceptsApostles, Authority In ChurchCommendationAttention SeekersMinisters, Should BeMen PleasersSeeking Honourdignity

For all forms of flesh are similar to grass, and all the splendor of [a person's] flesh is like the flower [which blossoms] from the grass. [But as with] grass, [a person's flesh] withers, and its flower [i.e., his splendor] falls off. Verse ConceptsMidlife CrisisThe Glory Of ManImperfection, Influence OfMortalitySymbolsBeauty, Temporal Nature OfMan As GrassThe Frailty Of ManThe Shortness Of TimeGrass WitheredImminent TomorrowLike GrassThe World Being TemporaryDeathAbrasionBeauty Of NatureRosesThe Beauty Of Nature

The devil took Him again, [this time] to a very high mountain and showed Him all the world's kingdoms, along with their splendor, Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristSeducersAll NationsVisualizationTemptationSatanThe DevilResisting TemptationFlat Earth



For all forms of flesh are similar to grass, and all the splendor of [a person's] flesh is like the flower [which blossoms] from the grass. [But as with] grass, [a person's flesh] withers, and its flower [i.e., his splendor] falls off. Verse ConceptsMidlife CrisisThe Glory Of ManImperfection, Influence OfMortalitySymbolsBeauty, Temporal Nature OfMan As GrassThe Frailty Of ManThe Shortness Of TimeGrass WitheredImminent TomorrowLike GrassThe World Being TemporaryDeathAbrasionBeauty Of NatureRosesThe Beauty Of Nature