Thematic Bible: Transgression


Thematic Bible



Therefore God abandoned them to impurity, letting them follow the cravings of their hearts, till they dishonored their own bodies; Verse ConceptsCondemned Heartsevil, origins ofdesiresHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSexual Sin, Nature OfSexualitySin, Causes OfImpurityGod Handing OverIdolatryThey Committed ImmoralitysexDishonoring God


Verily, your house is left to you desolate! Verse ConceptsEmpty Places






So God turned from them and left them to the worship of the Starry Host, as is written in the Book of the Prophets--'Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me, O House of Israel, all those forty years in the Desert? Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together



who once were disobedient, at the time when God patiently waited, in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared; in which some few lives, eight in all, were saved by means of water. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBaptism, significance ofBefore The FloodGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Patience OfNoahSeafaringPunishment, DelayedLongsuffering Of GodThe DelugeDivine DelaysEight PeopleGod WaitingFew Peopledisobedienceinvesting





So he said to his gardener 'Three years now I have come to look for fruit on this fig tree, without finding any! Cut it down. Why should it rob the soil?' 'Leave it this one year more, Sir,' the man answered, 'till I have dug round it and manured it.

Then, if it bears in future, well and good; but if not, you can have it cut down.'" Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFelling TreesBearing FruitOlive Treescutting
















That is why God places them under the influence of a delusion, to cause them to believe a lie; So that sentence may be passed on all those who refuse to believe the Truth, but delight in wickedness.

And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was entirely deceived and fell into sin. Verse ConceptsAdam, Sin OfSatan, As DeceiverWomenAdam and eveAdam and eve disobey godDeceptiontransition





Sin took advantage of the Commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my Death. Verse ConceptsSin Producing DeathDeceiving OneselfRight Time For The DevilEffect Of The LawSin Produces DeathDeception





By your union with him you received a circumcision that was not performed by human hands, when you threw off the tyranny of the earthly body, and received the circumcision of the Christ. Verse ConceptsBeing Born AgainParticipation, In ChristRitualTypesNew Birth, Described AsForsaking SinGod Stripping PeopleLiving Not For The MaterialTrue CircumcisionRemoving People From Your Lifeefficiency











Every one who goes beyond the limits of the Teaching of the Christ has failed to find God; the man who keeps to that Teaching--he has found both the Father and the Son. Verse ConceptsAbiding In ChristFellowship With ChristJesus As Our TeacherSound DoctrineMisteachingThe FatherWithout Goddoctrine










but he rescued righteous Lot, whose heart was vexed by the wanton licentiousness of his neighbors; Verse ConceptsPollutionsBad CompanyEvil Associations





I do not understand my own actions. For I am so far from habitually doing what I want to do, that I find myself doing the very thing that I hate. Verse ConceptsThe Sin NatureTemptation, Universality OfHating EvilNot Understanding Other ThingsstruggleHateLife StrugglesDoing The Right ThingStrugglespracticemyself








With boastful and foolish talk, they appeal to the passions of man's lower nature, and, by their profligacy, entice those who are just escaping from the men who live such misguided lives. Verse ConceptsFutilityFaultsemptinessEloquenceCharmdesiresTemptation, Sources OfEnticersBoastersAllurements Of SinWantonnessLiving For The MaterialEnticingUseless WordsEscaping From PeopleEvil DesiresError







Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: "You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you." Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse



Awake to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forSin, Avoidance OfWakefulnessRighteousnessIgnorance of GodMoving OnKnowing Godignoranceawakeningshunning












while one who does not know his master's wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From every one to whom much has been given much will be expected, and from the man to whom much has been entrusted the more will be demanded. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsResponsibility, To GodSin, Nature OfStewardshipTrustworthinessWork, Divine And HumanIgnorance Of EvilGod's NeedsFaithful In MuchThose To Whom God GivesAccountabilityResponsibility




And yet, my Brothers, I know that you acted as you did from ignorance, and your rulers also. Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfIgnorance Of EvilKnowing FactsIgnorance of Godignorance






Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law--justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human Relationshipsethics, incentives towardsHerbs And SpicesJudaismLegalismMercy, HumanMind, Of ChristNeglectPharisees, Beliefs OfNeglecting God's ThingsNeglecting DutiesReligionSin, Nature OfUnforgivenessFormalityFinancial AdviceCumminSins Of OmissionFractions, One TenthTithesThe Need For MercyTithing ProduceHerbsHypocritesHypocrisypharisees

The servant who knows his master's wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes; Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillSin, Nature OfSins Of OmissionKnowing God's WillKnowing FactsStrictnessDoing The Right ThingservanthoodNot Serving God


And then he will reply 'I tell you, as often as you failed to do it to one of these, however lowly, you failed to do it to me.' Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanSin, Nature OfSins Of OmissionChrist Telling The TruthChrist's True FamilyOther Unimportant PeopleSurrender










What is the cause of the fighting and quarreling that goes on among you? Is not it to be found in the desires which are always at war within you? Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofdesiresHuman NatureSin, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InControlling AngerOrigins Of SinWhy Do Others Do This?struggleWarPassionConflictFamily Conflictrumors





Therefore you have nothing to say in your own defense, whoever you are who set yourself up as a judge. In judging others you condemn yourself, for you who set yourself up as a judge do the very same things. Verse ConceptsCondemnation, Causes OfExcusesUncharitablenessLike Bad PeopleFound GuiltyJudgingBeing YourselfJudgementJudging Others Actionscondemnationothers

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin. Verse ConceptsExcusesethics, basis ofResponsibility, To GodMisused PrivilegesThe Fact Of His Coming



But, if you worship rank, you commit a sin, and stand convicted by that same law of being offenders against it. Verse ConceptsequalityPrejudiceUniquenessBigotryRacismBreaking God's LawConvictionRespectTreating OthersRespecting Your Bodypeople








He, however, who has misgivings stands condemned if he still eats, because his doing so is not the result of faith. And anything not done as the result of faith is a sin. Verse ConceptsConsciences, In Decision MakingFaith, Necessity OfBeing Born In Sindoubt, results ofIndecisionSin, Nature OfSinChristian LibertyConvictionQuestioning GodHaving FaithEating MeatBelieving In Yourselfdiscriminationcondemnationconscience

Every wrong action is sin, and there is sin that is not deadly. Verse ConceptsUnrighteousnessPunishmentsDeath ofTragedy