Thematic Bible: With God


Thematic Bible




Is there anything to be encouraged about by being in [fellowship with] Christ? Is there any comfort from His love? Is there any sharing with the Holy Spirit? [Have you received] any affection and compassion [from Christ]? [Then] make me completely happy by being like-minded, having the same love [for one another], being united in spirit and having the same purpose.


And what agreement is there between a temple of God and idols? For we are a temple of the living God, just as God said [Lev. 26:12], "I will live in them and walk among them [i.e., among His people]; and I will be their God and they will be my people." Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfAgreementFellowship, With GodGod, Living And Self sustainingHouse Of GodRelationshipsSelf RespectIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritNames And Titles For The ChurchThe Holy Spirit In The ChurchWalking With GodAvoiding IdolatryI Will Be Their God


We declare to you what we have seen and heard [concerning Christ], so that you also may share a relationship with us. And indeed, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfFellowship Of Holy SpiritFellowship, With GodFellowship, Among BelieversAttending ChurchCommunion With GodCompanionshipHearing ChristFellowshipThe FatherLove And RelationshipsWitnessingcommunion


"And I will ask the Father and He will give you another Helper [i.e., besides me], who will be with you forever. He is the Holy Spirit of truth [i.e., who reveals truth], whom the world cannot receive, for it does not see Him or know Him. [But] you know Him, for He lives with you, and will be within you. I will not abandon you [Note: The Greek says, "leave you orphans"]; I will come [back] to you.



And God lives in the heart of the person who [continually] obeys His commands, and he lives in [fellowship with] God. And here is [another] way we know that God lives in our hearts: It is by [means of] the Holy Spirit, whom God gave to us. [See Rom. 8:9, 11; James 4:5; I Cor. 6:19]. Verse ConceptsAbiding In ChristFellowship, With GodCommunicationGod, Present EverywhereGrace, And Holy SpiritUnion With Christ, Significance OfGift Of The Holy SpiritIndwelling Of ChristFellowship With ChristThe Witness Of The Holy SpiritObeying JesusUs In God

And what agreement is there between a temple of God and idols? For we are a temple of the living God, just as God said [Lev. 26:12], "I will live in them and walk among them [i.e., among His people]; and I will be their God and they will be my people." Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfAgreementFellowship, With GodGod, Living And Self sustainingHouse Of GodRelationshipsSelf RespectIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritNames And Titles For The ChurchThe Holy Spirit In The ChurchWalking With GodAvoiding IdolatryI Will Be Their God



"Whoever welcomes one such little child [as this] for my sake, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, does not welcome me [only], but [also] the One who sent me." Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristFellowship, With GodGod, Unity OfEquality With GodReceptivenessAcceptance, Of Jesus ChristWelcoming ChristIn The Name Of ChristThe One Who Sent ChristLoving Childrenwelcome

[I pray] that all of them may be one, just as you, Father, are [one] in [fellowship with] me, and I [am one] in [fellowship with] you, so that they also may be [one] in [fellowship with] us in order that the world may [see it and] believe that you sent me. Verse ConceptsFellowship, With GodIntimacyKnowledge, Of Jesus ChristUnity, God's Goal OfChurch, Unity OfCommunion Of SaintsHarmonyDivine MessengerOne ChurchValidly Like GodBelieve In Christ!Father And Son In One AnotherGod Sending OthersRelationship Of Father And SonGodheadUnityGod Being With UsIdentity In Christ


We declare to you what we have seen and heard [concerning Christ], so that you also may share a relationship with us. And indeed, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfFellowship Of Holy SpiritFellowship, With GodFellowship, Among BelieversAttending ChurchCommunion With GodCompanionshipHearing ChristFellowshipThe FatherLove And RelationshipsWitnessingcommunion


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And this is the message we heard from Him, and [now want to] announce to you: God is light [i.e. righteousness] and in His [very nature] there is no trace of darkness [i.e., evil]. If we claim to share a relationship with God and yet live in darkness [i.e., in a sinful way], we are lying and are not living a truthful life. But, if we live in the light [of righteousness] just like God [constantly] lives in the light [of righteousness], we can truly share a relationship with one another and [can know that] the blood of Jesus, God's Son, continues to cleanse [our spirits] from all of our sins.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look, the Tabernacle of God [i.e., God's presence] is with people and He will live with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be among them {{Some ancient manuscripts add "and will be their God"}}. And He will wipe away all the tears from their eyes, and there will not be death anymore, or mourning, or crying, or pain anymore, for these old things have passed away."




So then, it does not matter who plants or who waters, but [it is] God who matters, for He makes the seed grow. Verse ConceptsWork, Divine And HumanAccoladesIncreaseOther Unimportant PeopleGrowingPlanting Seeds







"But you have a few people [there] in Sardis who have not [spiritually] polluted their clothing, and they will walk with me in [robes of] white [i.e., probably now on earth as well as in heaven], for they are worthy. Verse ConceptsRest, EternalWalkingWorthinessWhite And Bright ClothesClothed With RighteousnessWhite ClothsClean ClothesFew PeopleFew In The KingdomWorthy PeopleThe Environment














And [the saved people of] the nations will walk in the city's light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. Verse ConceptsTributesWalkingLight Of God's PeopleLoneliness And Depression

So, we should continue living by the same [standard] that we have [already] attained. Verse ConceptsSpiritual ProgressUnceasingContinual GoodThe MindDirectionBeing Contentpersevering







"But you have a few people [there] in Sardis who have not [spiritually] polluted their clothing, and they will walk with me in [robes of] white [i.e., probably now on earth as well as in heaven], for they are worthy. Verse ConceptsRest, EternalWalkingWorthinessWhite And Bright ClothesClothed With RighteousnessWhite ClothsClean ClothesFew PeopleFew In The KingdomWorthy PeopleThe Environment


Therefore, we were buried with Him through [our] immersion [in water] into [a relationship with] His death, so that, just like Christ was raised up from the dead through the glorious power of the Father, so we also can [be raised up from the water to] live a new life. Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofeternal life, nature ofBeing Born AgainGod, The CreatorNewnessSalvation, Nature OfChristian, The WalkGlory Of GodSpiritual Life, Described ByNew Birth, Described AsNew LifeLife With ChristFigurative BurialsGod Raising ChristThe FatherMeaning Of The Risen LifeBaptizing InfantsThe ResurrectionDeath ofBaptismDeath Of A FatherJesus Deathrebirth