Thematic Bible: The Call of Duty


Thematic Bible




Are you not [always] saying, 'There are still four months before harvest time comes'? Look, I am telling you [disciples], lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white and ripe for harvest [i.e., people are ready to make a spiritual response]. Verse ConceptsFieldsOpportunities, And SalvationColors, WhiteSoul WinnersTwo To Four MonthsSeeing SituationsMonthsIdentity In Christ

For I could wish that I, personally, were cut off from Christ [and lost] for the sake of my brothers, who are my physical relatives, Verse ConceptsThe AccursedFlesh, Description OfLove, And The WorldSubstitutionSoul WinnersSeparation From GodGod CursingIsrael HardenedLife In A Material WorldRaceExamples Of Patriotismmyself


in hope that somehow I might stir up jealousy among my fellow-Jews, and thereby save some of them. Verse ConceptsGoalsevangelism, motivation forHope, Nature OfSoul WinnersSaving PeopleMaking Israel JealousMinistering To The Unsaved

I behaved like a weak person in front of weak people [See 8:9-12], in order to win them over [i.e., to help them become stronger]. I have become all things to all people so that, in every way, I could save some of them. Verse ConceptsWeakness, SpiritualWeakness, PhysicalSoul WinnersSaving PeopleCircumstancesThings Like PeopleWinningWeaknessorderflexibility


But I have an immersion to experience [i.e., overwhelming suffering to undergo. See Mark 10:38-39], and what stress I am under until it happens! Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeBaptism, significance ofMission, Of Jesus ChristForeknowledge Of ChristAccomplishingChrist's BaptismBaptism

And He replied to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I had to be in my Father's house [i.e., the Temple]?" Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfBusynessNecessityChrist, Character OfHelpful ChildrenFervourInteraction Of Father And SonWhy Do Others Do This?Businessfatherhoodteenager




Are you not [always] saying, 'There are still four months before harvest time comes'? Look, I am telling you [disciples], lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white and ripe for harvest [i.e., people are ready to make a spiritual response]. Verse ConceptsFieldsOpportunities, And SalvationColors, WhiteSoul WinnersTwo To Four MonthsSeeing SituationsMonthsIdentity In Christ

For I could wish that I, personally, were cut off from Christ [and lost] for the sake of my brothers, who are my physical relatives, Verse ConceptsThe AccursedFlesh, Description OfLove, And The WorldSubstitutionSoul WinnersSeparation From GodGod CursingIsrael HardenedLife In A Material WorldRaceExamples Of Patriotismmyself


in hope that somehow I might stir up jealousy among my fellow-Jews, and thereby save some of them. Verse ConceptsGoalsevangelism, motivation forHope, Nature OfSoul WinnersSaving PeopleMaking Israel JealousMinistering To The Unsaved

I behaved like a weak person in front of weak people [See 8:9-12], in order to win them over [i.e., to help them become stronger]. I have become all things to all people so that, in every way, I could save some of them. Verse ConceptsWeakness, SpiritualWeakness, PhysicalSoul WinnersSaving PeopleCircumstancesThings Like PeopleWinningWeaknessorderflexibility

Now, it is fine for someone to want to seek you out anytime, if it is for a good purpose, and not just when I am around [to be impressed]. Verse ConceptsEnthusiasmFervourZealIn Men's PresenceDoing The Right Thing





The reason I am reminding you [of these things] is so that you will rekindle the gift from God, which is in your life through the laying on my hands. [Note: This "gift" was probably his ordination to serve as an evangelist (See 4:1-5), and in addition, may have included a supernatural "spiritual gift" bestowed by the apostle Paul]. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsGiftsHandsOrdinationRemindersRenewal, Of People Of GodRevival, PersonalDuties Of Christian ServantsLaying On Of HandsFervourZealRenewedLaying On Hands To Commissionthe Gifts of GodSpiritual GiftsPutting God FirstFunGifts And TalentsGrandmothersremembrancerevivalgrandmas

But I consider it the right thing to do, as long as I am in this "tent" [Note: This is an allusion to his still being alive], to stir up your memory [of these things], Verse ConceptsFervourZealMemoriesReminders Of The Gospelremembrance