114 Bible Verses about Spiritual
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[things] which we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in [words] taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual [things] to spiritual [people].
Now the spiritual [person] discerns all [things], but he himself is judged by no one.
If we have sown spiritual [things] among you, [is it too] great [a thing] if we reap material [things] from you?
But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual [people], but as to fleshly [people], as to infants in Christ.
Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,
Pursue love, and strive for spiritual [gifts], but especially that you may prophesy.
From Thematic Bible
Adorning » Spiritual » General references
for they [are] a garland of favor for your head, and pendants for your neck.
She will give a garland for your head; she shall bestow a crown of glory upon you."
Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; my being shall shout in exultation in my God. For he has clothed me [with] garments of salvation, he has covered me [with the] robe of righteousness, as bridegroom adorns [himself] [with] a head wrap like a priest, and as bride adorns herself [with] her jewelry.
Adorning » Spiritual » White raiment, the heavenly garment
But I say to you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did with him whatever they wanted. In the [same] way also the Son of Man is going to suffer [at] their hands."
The one who conquers in this way will be dressed in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will declare his name before my Father and before his angels.
I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire, in order that you may become rich, and white clothing, in order that you may be clothed and the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed, and eye salve to smear on your eyes, in order that you may see.
And around the throne [were] twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones [were] twenty-four elders dressed in white clothing, and on their heads [were] gold crowns.
After these [things] I looked, and behold, a great crowd that no one was able to number, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed [in] white robes and [with] palm branches in their hands.
Adorning » Spiritual » The robe of righteousness, the saint's adorning
I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; my being shall shout in exultation in my God. For he has clothed me [with] garments of salvation, he has covered me [with the] robe of righteousness, as bridegroom adorns [himself] [with] a head wrap like a priest, and as bride adorns herself [with] her jewelry.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice [was] like a robe and a headband.
I will also clothe its priests with salvation, and its faithful will shout exuberantly for joy.
Awake! Awake; put on your strength, Zion! Put on the garments of your beauty, Jerusalem, {holy city}! For [the] uncircumcised and [the] unclean shall not {continue to} enter you any longer.
And he answered and said to the ones standing {before} him, saying, "Remove the filthy garments from him." And he said to him, "See, I have taken away your guilt from you, and will clothe you [with] rich garments."
Armour » Spiritual » Weapons and armour of the saints
Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil,
But [because] we are of the day, we must be sober, [by] putting on the breastplate of faith and love and [as] a helmet the hope of salvation,
The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light.
in the word of truth, in the power of God, with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and left hand,
Assurance » Spiritual
for which reason also I suffer these [things]. But [I am] not ashamed, because I know in whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard [what] I have entrusted until that day.
let us approach with a true heart in the full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled [clean] from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
so that their hearts may be encouraged, united in love and into all the wealth of the full assurance of insight into the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,
because our gospel did not come to you with word only, but also with power and with the Holy Spirit and with much certainty, just as you know what sort of [people] we became among you for your sake.
Beauty » Spiritual
One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.
Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of his name! Lift up an offering and come before him! Bow down to Yahweh in the splendor of holiness!
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish for us the work of our hands, yes, the work of our hands, establish it.
Boasting » Spiritual
Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The loyal love of God [endures] {continually}.
those who trust their wealth and boast about the abundance of their riches? Surely a man cannot redeem a brother. He cannot give to God his ransom (since the redemption price for their life is costly and it always fails), read more.
so that he may stay alive forever [and] not see the pit.
{They gush words} unrestrained. All [the] evildoers boast.
Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, [although you] were a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer of the root of the olive tree's richness, do not boast against the branches. But if you boast against [them], you do not support the root, but the root [supports] you. Then you will say, "Branches were broken off in order that I could be grafted in." read more.
Well said! They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand firm because of faith. Do not think arrogant [thoughts], but be afraid. For if God did not spare the {natural} branches, neither will he spare you.
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with {clever speech}, lest the cross of Christ be emptied. For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound." read more.
Where [is] the wise person? Where [is] the scribe? Where [is] the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe. For indeed, Jews ask for sign miracles and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness, but to those [who are] called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ [is] the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human [wisdom], and the weakness of God [is] stronger than human [strength]. For consider your calling, brothers, that not many [were] wise according to human standards, not many [were] powerful, not many [were] well born. But the foolish [things] of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the wise, and the weak [things] of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the strong, and the insignificant of the world, and the despised, God chose, the things that are not, in order that he might abolish the things that are, so that all flesh may not boast before God. But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, just as it is written, "The one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."
Body » Resurrection of » Spiritual
who will transform our humble body [to be] conformed to his glorious body, in accordance with the power that enables him even to subject all [things] to himself.
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If [there] is a natural body, [there] is also a spiritual [body].
And just as we have borne the image of the [one who is] made of earth, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
For indeed, in this [house] we groan, [because we] desire to put on our dwelling from heaven,
When Christ, [who is] your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.
Brethren » Spiritual » The family of God
because [those] whom he foreknew, he also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brothers.
And I fell down before his feet to worship him, and he said to me, "{Do not do that!} I am a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
Therefore he was obligated to be made like his brothers in all [respects], in order that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in the things relating to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,
And the king will answer [and] say to them, 'Truly I say to you, in as much as you did [it] to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did [it] to me.'
Christ » Words of characteristics of » Spiritual
The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Circumcision » Spiritual
in whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, by the removal of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
So you shall circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and {do not be stubborn}.
"And Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your inner self {so that you may live}.
Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest my wrath goes forth like the fire and burns, and there is no [one who] extinguishes [it], because of the evil of your deeds."
But the Jew {is one inwardly}, and circumcision [is] of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter, whose praise [is] not from people but from God.
Clothing » Spiritual » White raiment, the heavenly garment
But I say to you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did with him whatever they wanted. In the [same] way also the Son of Man is going to suffer [at] their hands."
The one who conquers in this way will be dressed in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will declare his name before my Father and before his angels.
I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire, in order that you may become rich, and white clothing, in order that you may be clothed and the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed, and eye salve to smear on your eyes, in order that you may see.
And around the throne [were] twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones [were] twenty-four elders dressed in white clothing, and on their heads [were] gold crowns.
After these [things] I looked, and behold, a great crowd that no one was able to number, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed [in] white robes and [with] palm branches in their hands.
Clothing » Spiritual » The robe of righteousness, the saint's adorning
I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; my being shall shout in exultation in my God. For he has clothed me [with] garments of salvation, he has covered me [with the] robe of righteousness, as bridegroom adorns [himself] [with] a head wrap like a priest, and as bride adorns herself [with] her jewelry.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice [was] like a robe and a headband.
I will also clothe its priests with salvation, and its faithful will shout exuberantly for joy.
Awake! Awake; put on your strength, Zion! Put on the garments of your beauty, Jerusalem, {holy city}! For [the] uncircumcised and [the] unclean shall not {continue to} enter you any longer.
And he answered and said to the ones standing {before} him, saying, "Remove the filthy garments from him." And he said to him, "See, I have taken away your guilt from you, and will clothe you [with] rich garments."
Consequences of sin » death » Physical » Spiritual » Separation from God
Rather, your iniquities have been {barriers} between you and your God, and your sins have hidden [his] face from you, from hearing.
[Go] to a land flowing with milk and honey, but I will not go up among you, because you [are] a stiff-necked people, lest I destroy you on the way."
Israel has sinned and {transgressed my covenant} that I commanded them. They have taken from the devoted things; they have stolen and acted deceitfully, and they have put [them] among their belongings. The {Israelites} were unable to stand before their enemies; {they fled from their enemies} because they have become a thing devoted for destruction. {I will be with you no more} unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
And there is no one who calls on your name, who pulls himself up to keep hold of you, for you have hidden your face from us, and melted us into the hand of our iniquity.
Darkness » Spiritual
The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light.
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore if the light in you is darkness, how great [is] the darkness!
for you were formerly darkness, but now [you are] light in the Lord. Live like children of light
And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
Deafness » Spiritual
Make the heart of this people insensitive, and make its ears unresponsive, and shut its eyes so that it may not look with its eyes and listen with its ears and comprehend [with] its mind and turn back, and it may be healed [for] him."
To whom shall I speak and admonish, that they may hear? Look, their ears [are] {closed}, and they are not able to listen attentively. Look, the word of Yahweh is to them an object of scorn, they do not delight in it.
"Son of man, you [are] dwelling in the midst of the house of rebellion {who has eyes to see and they do not see}; {they have ears to hear}, and they do not hear, for they [are] a house of rebellion.
But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder and {stopped their ears from listening}.
Dearth » Spiritual
The poor and the needy [are] seeking water and [there is] none; their tongue is dried up with thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Therefore my people will go into exile without knowledge, [and] their nobles [will be] men of hunger, and their multitude [is] parched [with] thirst.
God settles the lonely in a home; he brings prisoners out into prosperity. But the rebellious abide in a barren land.
O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.
For you shall be like an oak withering its leaves, and like a garden where there is no water for her.
death » Spiritual
Because of this, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned.
and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die {forever}. Do you believe this?"
being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance [that] is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,
who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that [we] may die to sins [and] live to righteousness, by whose wounds you were healed.
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
"They will die by diseases, they will not be mourned, and they will not be buried. They will be as dung on the face of the earth. And they will perish by the sword and they will perish by the famine. And their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air, and for the wild animals of the earth."
Have I delight by any means [in the] death of [the] wicked, {declares} the Lord Yahweh, [and] not at his turning from his way, {so that} he lives?
Then he passed on and behold, he was not. And I sought him, but he could not be found.
He shall die {for lack of} discipline, and in the greatness of his folly he shall be lost.
Debtors » Spiritual
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.
We have come to know love by this: that {he} laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.
Diligence » Spiritual
Do you not say, 'There are yet four months and the harvest comes'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
For I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my fellow countrymen according to the flesh,
Brothers, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God on behalf of them [is] for [their] salvation.
Enlightenment » Spiritual
But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,
For God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," [is the one] who has shined in our hearts for the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
to open their eyes [so that they] may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, [so that] they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
And on that day, the deaf shall hear [the] words of a scroll, and [the] eyes of [the] blind shall see out of gloom and darkness.
The poor and a man of oppression have [this] in common: Yahweh gives {light to the eyes of them both}.
Feasts » Of new moons » Spiritual
And he said to me, "Write: Blessed [are] those who are invited to the banquet of the wedding celebration of the Lamb!" And he said to me, "These are the true words of God."
And [while] they were eating, he took bread [and], [after] giving thanks, he broke [it] and gave [it] to them and said, "Take [it], this is my body."
Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened [cattle] have been slaughtered, and everything [is] ready. Come to the wedding celebration!" '
And on this mountain Yahweh of hosts will make for all peoples a {rich feast}, a feast of aged wines, fat filled with marrow, filtered aged wine.
Fulness » Spiritual » Warnings against worldly fulness
Because you are saying, "I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,
Look! This was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: Pride, abundance of food, and {prosperous ease} was to her and to her daughters, and {she did not sustain the needy and the poor}.
They have grown fat, they have grown sleek, also, {their evil deeds have no limit}. They do not judge [with] justice, [the] legal cause of [the] orphan, or allow it to succeed, and [the] legal case of [the] poor, they do not defend.
And Jeshurun grew fat, and he kicked; you grew fat, you bloated, and you became obstinate; and he abandoned God, his maker, and he scoffed [at] the rock of his salvation.
They have shut off their calloused [heart]; [with] their mouth they speak arrogantly.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of blessing
Blessed [are] the ones who hunger and thirst [for] righteousness, because they will be satisfied.
Bring the whole tithe to {the storehouse}, so that there will be food in my house, and test me please in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour forth for you {an overflowing blessing}.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of joy
I have spoken these [things] to you in order that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be made complete.
and I know that [when I] come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of the spirit
And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of wisdom
Because of this also we, from the day we heard about [it], did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled [with] the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of God
and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
Fulness » Spiritual » The overflowing cup
You prepare before me a table in the presence of my oppressors. You anoint my head with oil; my cup [is] overflowing.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Christ, the saviour
Jesus answered and said to her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who says to you, 'Give me [water] to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
Look! I made him a witness to [the] peoples, a leader and a commander [for the] peoples.
"I [am] Yahweh; I have called you in righteousness, and I have grasped your hand and watched over you; and I have given you as a covenant of [the] people, as a light of [the] nations,
For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.
Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven! For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Faith
because to you has been graciously granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on behalf of him,
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this [is] not from yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Wisdom
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Repentance
And [when they] heard these [things], they became silent and praised God, saying, "Then God has granted the repentance [leading] to life to the Gentiles also!"
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Grace
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Christ the chief of
Jesus answered and said to her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who says to you, 'Give me [water] to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
Look! I made him a witness to [the] peoples, a leader and a commander [for the] peoples.
"I [am] Yahweh; I have called you in righteousness, and I have grasped your hand and watched over you; and I have given you as a covenant of [the] people, as a light of [the] nations,
For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.
Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven! For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Rest
and to you who are being afflicted, rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels,
Come to me, all [of you] who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Faith
because to you has been graciously granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on behalf of him,
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this [is] not from yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Are through Christ
You have ascended on high; you have led away captives. You have received gifts [from] among humankind, and even [from the] rebellious, so that Yah God may dwell [there].
Now to each one of us was given this grace, according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it says, "Ascending on high he led captivity captive; he gave gifts to men."
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Pray for
Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Wisdom
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Glory
Because Yahweh God [is] a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.
And the glory that you have given to me, I have given to them, in order that they may be one, just as we [are] one--
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Grace
Because Yahweh God [is] a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » The holy ghost
Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
But Peter said to him, "May your silver {be destroyed along with you}, because you thought {you could acquire} the gift of God by means of money!
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Righteousness
And the gift [is] not as through the one who sinned, for on the one hand, judgment from the one [sin] [led] to condemnation, but the gift, from many trespasses, [led] to justification. For if by the trespass of the one [man], death reigned through the one [man], much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » A new heart
And I will give to them one heart, and a new spirit I will give in their inner parts. And I will remove their heart of stone from their body, and I will give to them a heart of flesh,
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » To be used for mutual profit
Just as each one has received a gift, [use] it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Not repented of by him
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Strength and power
Awesome [are you], O God, from your sanctuary. The God of Israel, [it is] he who gives strength and might to the people. Blessed be God.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Eternal life
For the compensation due sin [is] death, but the gift of God [is] eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Peace
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Repentance
And [when they] heard these [things], they became silent and praised God, saying, "Then God has granted the repentance [leading] to life to the Gentiles also!"
Glory » Spiritual » Is the work of the holy ghost
And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
Glory » Spiritual » Is given by God
Because Yahweh God [is] a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.
Glory » Spiritual » Is given by Christ
And the glory that you have given to me, I have given to them, in order that they may be one, just as we [are] one--
Glory » Spiritual » Is the work of the holy spirit
And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
Good » Tidings » Spiritual
[The] Spirit of the Lord Yahweh [is] upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me, he has sent me to bring good news [to the] oppressed, to bind up {the brokenhearted}, to {proclaim} release to [the] captives and liberation to those who are bound,
How delightful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns as a king."
And the angel answered [and] said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news.
{Get yourself} up to a high mountain, Zion, bringer of good news! Lift up your voice with strength, Jerusalem, bringer of good news! Lift [it] up; you must not fear! Say to the cities of Judah, "Here [is] your God!"
Look! On the mountains! The feet of the one who brings good tidings, the one who proclaims peace! "Celebrate [a festival], O Judah, Fulfill your vows! For he will not invade you again; the wicked one is cut off completely!"
Healing » Spiritual
Heal me, Yahweh, and I will be healed, save me, and I will be saved, for you [are] my praise.
"The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,
Return, apostate children, I will heal your backsliding. 'Look, we come to you, for you are Yahweh our God.
Come, let us return to Yahweh; because [it is] he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us down and will bind us up.
But he [was] pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace [was] upon him, and by his wounds {we were healed}.
Heirs » Spiritual » Spiritual
For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants, [that] he would be heir of the world, [was] not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith.
And if you [are] Christ's, then you are descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [with him] so that we may also be glorified together [with him].
so that you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir through God.
Are they not all spirits engaged in special service, sent on assignment for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?
Heritage » Spiritual
in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all [things] according to the counsel of his will,
to open their eyes [so that they] may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, [so that] they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
"And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build [you] up and to give [you] the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
[because you] know that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.
Hope » Spiritual » Abides forever
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given [us] eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,
if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
And now these three [things] remain: faith, hope, [and] love. But the greatest of these [is] love.
Hope » Spiritual » Enabled abraham to become the father of the faithful
and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
who against hope believed in hope, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said, "so will your descendants be."
Hope » Spiritual » Believers called to testify concerning
but set Christ apart [as] Lord in your hearts, always ready to [make] a defense to anyone who asks you [for] an accounting concerning the hope [that is] in you.
Hope » Spiritual » The scriptures the source of
For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
Hope » Spiritual » The saving element in life
For in hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?
Hope » Spiritual » Inspires to clean living
Hunger » Spiritual
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Blessed [are] the ones who hunger and thirst [for] righteousness, because they will be satisfied.
Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.
For if you cry out for understanding, [if] you lift your voice for insight, if you seek her like silver and search her out {like treasure}, then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and the knowledge of God you will find.
"Ho! Everyone thirsty, come to the waters! And whoever has no money, come, buy and eat, and come, buy without money, wine and milk without price! Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.
Ignorance » Spiritual » General references to
An ox knows its owner and a donkey the manger of its master. Israel does not know; my people do not understand.
being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance [that] is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires [you used to conform to] in your ignorance,
"They do not know [how] to do right," {declares Yahweh}, "those who store up violence and destruction in their citadel fortresses."
But they do not know the thoughts of Yahweh, and they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to his threshing floor.
Imitation » Of worldly people and customs condemned » Spiritual
Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.
Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; {considering the outcome of their way of life}, imitate their faith.
not that we do not have the right, but so that we may give ourselves [as] an example to you, so that [you] may imitate us.
And [the things] which you have learned and received and heard about and seen in me, practice these [things], and the God of peace will be with you.
Inheritance » Earthly » Spiritual
in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all [things] according to the counsel of his will,
to open their eyes [so that they] may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, [so that] they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
"And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build [you] up and to give [you] the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
[because you] know that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.
The law of God » Described as » Spiritual
Life » Spiritual
The thief {comes only} so that he can steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and have [it] abundantly.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never be hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty again.
but these [things] are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that [by] believing you may have life in his name.
Life » Spiritual » Spotless, general references to
in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such [thing], but that she may be holy and blameless.
Therefore, dear friends, [because you] are waiting for these [things], make every effort to be found at peace, spotless and unblemished in him.
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unstained by the world.
surely then you will lift up your face without blemish, and you will be firmly established and will not fear.
Life » Spiritual » Necessitates death to sin and self
and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that [life] I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
And he died for all, in order that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.
For we who are alive [are] continually being handed over to death because of Jesus, in order that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.
Life » Spiritual » Secured through faith
Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
but these [things] are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that [by] believing you may have life in his name.
But if Christ [is] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin, but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.
Life » Spiritual » Christ the supreme object of
Because for this reason also the gospel was preached to those who are dead, so that they were judged {by human standards} in the flesh, but they may live in the spirit {by God's standards}.
For to me to live [is] Christ and to die [is] gain.
Life » Spiritual » Sustained by the word of God
Extend your ear, and come to me! Listen so that your soul may live, and I will {make} an everlasting covenant with you, the enduring proofs of {the mercies shown to} David.
And he humbled you and let you go hungry, and [then] he fed you with that which you did not know nor did your ancestors know, in order to make you know that not by bread alone but by all [that] goes out of the mouth of Yahweh humankind shall live.
Life » Spiritual » Love the demonstration of
We know that we have passed over from death to life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
Men » Spiritual » Evil men put to silence
However, the king will rejoice in God. Everyone who swears an oath by him will boast, because [the] mouth of [the] liars will be stopped.
[The] upright see [it] and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
in order that you will remember, and you will be ashamed, and {you will not open your mouth again} {because of} your disgrace when I forgive you for all that you have done!'" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
Mind » Spiritual
Think this in yourselves which [was] also in Christ Jesus,
"For who has known the mind of the Lord; who has advised him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
For the mindset of the flesh [is] death, but the mindset of the Spirit [is] life and peace,
Nation » Spiritual » Sins of
The people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned because we have spoken against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh and let him remove the snakes from among us." So Moses prayed for the people.
Although our iniquities testify against us, Yahweh, act for the sake of your name. Yes, our apostasies are many; we have sinned against you.
and said, "My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God. For our sins have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown up to the heavens.
Then the {Israelites} cried out to Yahweh, saying, "We have sinned against you; we have abandoned our God and served the Baals."
So they gathered to Mizpah and drew water and poured [it] out before Yahweh. They fasted on that day and said there, "We have sinned against Yahweh!" So Samuel judged the {Israelites} at Mizpah.
Nation » Spiritual » The righteous cultivate the spirit of
If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness can undo great offenses.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,
If anyone is blameless, [the] husband of one wife, having faithful children, not {accused of dissipation} or rebellious.
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Nation » Spiritual » Rebellion against
All who do not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with diligence, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of goods and for imprisonment."
Despite that, in the same way also these [men], [because of their] dreams, defile the flesh and reject authority and blaspheme majestic beings.
Anyone who did not come within three days, by decision of the officials and elders, all of his possessions would be devoted to God, and he himself would be excluded from the assembly of exiles.
And the man who treats with contempt [so as] not to listen to the priest [who] [is] standing to minister on behalf of Yahweh your God or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall purge the evil from Israel.
So then, the one who resists authority resists the ordinance [which is] from God, and those who resist will receive condemnation on themselves.
Preparation » Spiritual » Abandonment of idols
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If with all your heart you [are] turning to Yahweh, remove the foreign gods and Ashtoreths from your midst. Commit your hearts to Yahweh and serve him alone. Then he will deliver you from the hand of [the] Philistines."
Nevertheless some good things have been found in regard to you, for you burned the Asherahs out of the land and set your heart to seek God."
Preparation » Spiritual » Cleansing of God's temple
and they gathered their brothers and sanctified themselves, and they went in according to the command of the king because of the words of Yahweh, to purify the house of Yahweh.
Preparation » Spiritual » Personal purification
Therefore, if someone cleanses himself from these [things], he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
Preparation » Spiritual » Returning unto the lord
And he will go on before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare for the Lord a people made ready."
Reputation » Spiritual
For [the report of] your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, and I want you to be wise toward what [is] good, but innocent toward what [is] evil.
First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed in the whole world.
By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, [because] God approved [him] for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, [although he] is dead. By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved {as having been pleasing} to God. Now without faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and is a rewarder of those who seek him. read more.
By faith Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, out of reverence constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family, by which he pronounced sentence on the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. By faith Abraham, [when he] was called, obeyed to go out to a place that he was going to receive for an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise. For he was expecting the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder [is] God. By faith also, {with Sarah}, he received {the ability to procreate} even {past the normal age}, because he regarded the one who had promised [to be] faithful. And therefore these were fathered from one man, and [he] being as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in number and like the innumerable sand by the shore of the sea. These all died in faith without receiving the promises, but seeing them from a distance and welcoming [them], and admitting that they were strangers and temporary residents on the earth. For those who say such [things] make clear that they are seeking a homeland. And if they remember that [land] from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. But now they aspire to a better [land], that is, a heavenly [one]. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. By faith Abraham, [when he] was tested, offered Isaac, and the one who received the promises was ready to offer his one and only [son], with reference to whom it was said, "In Isaac your descendants will be named," having reasoned that God [was] able even to raise [him] from the dead, from which he received him back also as a symbol. By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things that were going to happen. By faith Jacob, [as he] was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped, [leaning] on the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, [as he] was dying, mentioned about the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his bones. By faith Moses, [when he] was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw the child [was] handsome, and they were not afraid of the edict of the king. By faith Moses, [when he] was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing instead to be mistreated with the people of God [rather] than to experience the transitory enjoyment of sin, considering {reproach endured for the sake of Christ} greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he persevered as [if he] saw the invisible one. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, in order that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them. By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; the Egyptians, {when they made the attempt}, were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down [after they] had been marched around for seven days. By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, [because she] welcomed the spies in peace. And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, accomplished justice, obtained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, extinguished the effectiveness of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong from weakness, became mighty in battle, put to flight enemy battle lines. Women received back their dead by resurrection. But others were tortured, not accepting release, in order that they might gain a better resurrection. And others {experienced mocking and flogging}, and in addition bonds and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they died by murder with a sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, impoverished, afflicted, mistreated, of whom the world was not worthy, wandering about on deserts and mountains and in caves and in holes in the ground. And [although they] all were approved through their faith, they did not receive what was promised,
Rest » Spiritual
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Therefore let us fear, [while there] remains a promise of entering into his rest, that none of you appear to fall short of [it]. {For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us}, just as those also [did], but the message {they heard} did not benefit them, [because they] were not united with those who heard [it] in faith. For we who have believed enter into rest, just as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, '{They will never enter} into my rest.'" And yet these works have been accomplished from the foundation of the world. read more.
For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh [day] in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works," and in this [passage] again, '{They will never enter} into my rest.'" Since therefore it remains [for] some to enter into it, and the ones to whom the good news was proclaimed previously did not enter because of disobedience, again he ordains a certain day, today, speaking by David after so long a time, just as had been said before, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts." For if Joshua had caused them to rest, he would not have spoken about another day after these [things]. Consequently a sabbath rest remains for the people of God. For the one who has entered into his rest has also himself rested from his works, just as God [did] from his own [works]. Therefore, let us make every effort to enter into that rest, in order that no one may fall in the same pattern of disobedience.
Rivers » Jordan » Spiritual
They are refreshed with the {fullness} of your house, and you give them drink [from] the river of your delights.
[There is] a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holiest of the dwellings of the Most High.
And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb
O that you had listened attentively to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
And he measured a thousand [cubits], [and] [it became] a stream that I was not able to cross, because the water rose, {waters a person could swim in}, [and became] a stream that could not be crossed.
Sleep » Spiritual » Symbol of death
Consider [and] answer me, O Yahweh my God. Give light to my eyes lest I sleep [the sleep of] death,
When your days [are] full and you lie down with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you who will go out from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
{so} a man lies down, and he does not arise. {Until the heavens are no more}, they will not awaken, and they will not be roused out of their sleep.
And falling to [his] knees, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" And [after he] said this, he fell asleep.
Sleep » Spiritual » General references to natural
He lay down and fell asleep under a certain broom tree, and suddenly this angel [was] touching him and said to him, "Get up, eat!"
And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "So, were you not able to stay awake with me one hour?
And the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they threw the {contents} that were in the merchant ship into the sea to lighten it for them. And [meanwhile] Jonah went down into the hold of the vessel and lay down and fell asleep.
And it happened, as the sun {went down}, then a deep sleep fell upon Abram and, behold, a great terrifying darkness fell upon him.
And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being inundated by the waves, but he himself was asleep.
Sleep » Spiritual » Warnings against
just as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, until this very day."
for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
His watchmen [are] blind, none of them know. They [are] all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to slumber.
And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.
Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming--whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or early in the morning-- lest he arrive suddenly [and] find you sleeping.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Radiant lives, of the saints
But the [ones] having insight will shine like the brightness of the expanse, and [the ones] providing justice [for] the many [will be] like the stars {forever and ever}.
in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,
That one was the lamp [which was] burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light.
And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not maintain a quiet attitude, until her righteousness goes out like the bright light, and her salvation burns like a torch.
Spiritual » Blindness » Examples of
We grope like the blind [along] a wall, and we grope {as without} eyes. We stumble at noon as [in] the twilight; among the strong [we are] like the dead.
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore if the light in you is darkness, how great [is] the darkness!
Let them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
Blind [people]! For which [is] greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy
But their minds were hardened. For until this very day, the same veil remains upon the reading of the old covenant, not being uncovered, because it is done away with in Christ.
Spiritual » Adoption » Adultery
But they did not listen to their leaders, but lusted after other gods and bowed down to them. They turned away quickly from the way that their ancestors went, who had obeyed the commandment of Yahweh; they did not do [as their ancestors].
Gideon made an ephod [out of] it, and he put it in his town in Ophrah, and all Israel prostituted [themselves] to it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.
But they transgressed against the God of their ancestors and prostituted themselves after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
And they became unclean by their works, and were unfaithful in their deeds.
And your fugitives will remember me among the nations [to] which they were taken captive, that I was shattered by {their adulterous heart} which departed from me, and by {their adulterous eyes} which [went] after their idols, and they will feel loathing {for themselves}, for the evil that they did, for all of their detestable things.
Spiritual » Hunger select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
I desire you [with all] my soul in the night; also I seek you [with] my spirit within me, for when your judgments [are] {upon} the earth, [the] inhabitants of [the] world learn righteousness.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
I desire you [with all] my soul in the night; also I seek you [with] my spirit within me, for when your judgments [are] {upon} the earth, [the] inhabitants of [the] world learn righteousness.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Destitution of the truth
constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.
Because you are saying, "I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,
Now Israel [has been] without the true God many days, and without a teaching priest, and without law,
that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.
Look, the days are coming," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread and not a thirst for water, but {of hearing} the words of Yahweh!
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Of God
See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know him.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love [with] which he loved us, and we being dead in trespasses, he made [us] alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),
but God demonstrates his own love for us, [in] that [while] we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
From afar Yahweh appeared to me, [saying], "I have loved you [with] an everlasting love. {Therefore} I have drawn you [with] loyal love.
Yahweh opens [the eyes of the] blind; Yahweh raises up [those] bowed down; Yahweh loves [the] righteous;
Spiritual » Instruction » Examples of spiritual
And Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites were teaching the people from the law while the people were in their places.
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but [when] Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.
In the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
So Philip opened his mouth and beginning from this scripture, proclaimed the good news to him [about] Jesus.
Spiritual » Quickening » General references to spiritual quickening
O Yahweh, I have heard the report of you; O Yahweh, I stand in awe of your works. In the midst of the years, revive it! In the midst of the years, make [it] known! In wrath, may you remember to show compassion.
For your name's sake, O Yahweh, preserve my life; in your righteousness bring me out of trouble.
Then we will not turn back from you. Restore us to life, and we will proclaim your name.
My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word.
Spiritual » Poverty » Destitution of the truth
constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.
Because you are saying, "I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,
Now Israel [has been] without the true God many days, and without a teaching priest, and without law,
that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.
Look, the days are coming," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread and not a thirst for water, but {of hearing} the words of Yahweh!
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Food
I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and will go out and will find pasture.
The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give to him [some] of the hidden manna, and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knows except the one who receives [it].'
The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will grant to him to eat from the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.'
Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread, he will live {forever}. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Enlightenment, spiritual
But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,
For God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," [is the one] who has shined in our hearts for the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
to open their eyes [so that they] may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, [so that] they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
And on that day, the deaf shall hear [the] words of a scroll, and [the] eyes of [the] blind shall see out of gloom and darkness.
The poor and a man of oppression have [this] in common: Yahweh gives {light to the eyes of them both}.
Spiritual » Enlargement » Enlightenment
But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,
For God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," [is the one] who has shined in our hearts for the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
to open their eyes [so that they] may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, [so that] they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
And on that day, the deaf shall hear [the] words of a scroll, and [the] eyes of [the] blind shall see out of gloom and darkness.
The poor and a man of oppression have [this] in common: Yahweh gives {light to the eyes of them both}.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Brethren
because [those] whom he foreknew, he also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brothers.
And I fell down before his feet to worship him, and he said to me, "{Do not do that!} I am a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
Therefore he was obligated to be made like his brothers in all [respects], in order that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in the things relating to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,
And the king will answer [and] say to them, 'Truly I say to you, in as much as you did [it] to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did [it] to me.'
Spiritual » Hearing » Heritage
in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all [things] according to the counsel of his will,
to open their eyes [so that they] may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, [so that] they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
"And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build [you] up and to give [you] the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
[because you] know that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » To God encouraged
Love Yahweh, all you his faithful ones. Yahweh preserves [the] faithful but repays abundantly [the] one who acts arrogantly.
And you shall love Yahweh your God with all of your heart and with all of your soul and with all of your might.
Only be very careful to observe the commandment and law that Moses Yahweh's servant commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."
keep yourselves in the love of God, looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
And he said to him, " 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Exhortations to those engaged in
But as for you, be strong and let not your hands be weak, for there is reward for your labor."
Say to those who are hasty of heart, "Be strong; you must not fear! Look! your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] {divine retribution}. He {is the one who} will come and save you."
'But now take courage, Zerubbabel,' {declares} Yahweh. 'Take courage, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and take courage, all the people of the land,' {declares} Yahweh. 'Do the work, because I [am] with you,' {declares} Yahweh of hosts,
"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Let your hands be strong, you who are hearing in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who [were present] on [the] day {the foundation was laid for the rebuilding of the temple, the house of Yahweh of hosts}.
Spiritual » Foundation » General references to
For it stands in scripture, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a chosen [and] precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."
Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: "Look! I [am] laying a stone in Zion, a {tested} stone, a precious cornerstone, a founded foundation: 'The one who trusts will not {panic}.'
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » Hearing » Heirs of God
For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants, [that] he would be heir of the world, [was] not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith.
And if you [are] Christ's, then you are descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [with him] so that we may also be glorified together [with him].
so that you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir through God.
Are they not all spirits engaged in special service, sent on assignment for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?
Spiritual » Of God's word sins of » Imitation
Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.
Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; {considering the outcome of their way of life}, imitate their faith.
not that we do not have the right, but so that we may give ourselves [as] an example to you, so that [you] may imitate us.
And [the things] which you have learned and received and heard about and seen in me, practice these [things], and the God of peace will be with you.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Healing of spiritual disease
Heal me, Yahweh, and I will be healed, save me, and I will be saved, for you [are] my praise.
"The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,
Return, apostate children, I will heal your backsliding. 'Look, we come to you, for you are Yahweh our God.
Come, let us return to Yahweh; because [it is] he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us down and will bind us up.
But he [was] pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace [was] upon him, and by his wounds {we were healed}.
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"
And I will turn my hand against you; I will purify your dross like lye, and I will remove all [of] your tin.
Look! I have refined you, but not like silver; I have chosen you in [the] furnace of misery.
Spiritual » Light » God a light
Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind [the] festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
Because Yahweh God [is] a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.
And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light and there [is] no darkness in him at all.
And night will not exist [any] longer, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp and the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give light to them, and they will reign {forever and ever}.
Yahweh [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yahweh [is] the refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Spiritual » Light » Reflected from believers
in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,
for you were formerly darkness, but now [you are] light in the Lord. Live like children of light
For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not maintain a quiet attitude, until her righteousness goes out like the bright light, and her salvation burns like a torch.
So may all your enemies perish, O Yahweh, but those who love him are like the rising sun at its brightest." And the land had rest for forty years.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Coming with power
And I heard [something] like the sound of a great crowd and [something] like the sound of many waters and [something] like the sound of powerful thunder, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord God, the All-Powerful, reigns!
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them [ability] to speak out.
And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night.
And {in the day of those kings}, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will {never} be destroyed, and the kingdom will not be left for another nation, and it will bring an end to all these kingdoms, but it will stand {forever}.
And he said to them, "Truly I say to you, that there are some of those standing here who will never experience death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power."
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Kingdom of Christ
These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him [are] called and chosen and faithful."
Truly I say to you, that there are some of those standing here who will never experience death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!"
Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here."
Spiritual » Resurrection » Man, raised from spiritual death
And {although you were dead} in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
and raised [us] together and seated [us] together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,
And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also make alive your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you.
For if their rejection [means] the reconciliation of the world, what [will] their acceptance [mean] except life from the dead?
Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners, and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded!
Therefore [since we] have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of body and spirit, accomplishing holiness in the fear of God.
And now why are you delaying? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name!'
Therefore, if someone cleanses himself from these [things], he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
Spiritual » Renewal » Man, strengthened and renewed by the holy spirit
Therefore we do not lose heart, but even if our outer person is being destroyed, yet our inner [person] is being renewed day after day.
he saved us, not by deeds of righteousness that we have done, but because of his mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
and have put on the new [man] that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created him,
Create a clean heart for me, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit {within me}.
And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what [is] the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.
Spiritual » Crowns » Darkness
The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light.
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore if the light in you is darkness, how great [is] the darkness!
for you were formerly darkness, but now [you are] light in the Lord. Live like children of light
And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
Spiritual » Adoption » Adorning
for they [are] a garland of favor for your head, and pendants for your neck.
She will give a garland for your head; she shall bestow a crown of glory upon you."
Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; my being shall shout in exultation in my God. For he has clothed me [with] garments of salvation, he has covered me [with the] robe of righteousness, as bridegroom adorns [himself] [with] a head wrap like a priest, and as bride adorns herself [with] her jewelry.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Treasures
I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire, in order that you may become rich, and white clothing, in order that you may be clothed and the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed, and eye salve to smear on your eyes, in order that you may see.
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."
{More than that}, even consider all [things] to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all [things], and consider [them] dung, in order that I may gain Christ
storing up for themselves a good foundation for the future, in order that they may take hold of [what is] truly life.
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found [and] concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.
Spiritual » Of children encouraged » Investments
I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire, in order that you may become rich, and white clothing, in order that you may be clothed and the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed, and eye salve to smear on your eyes, in order that you may see.
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."
{More than that}, even consider all [things] to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all [things], and consider [them] dung, in order that I may gain Christ
storing up for themselves a good foundation for the future, in order that they may take hold of [what is] truly life.
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found [and] concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.
Spiritual » Ignorance » General references to
An ox knows its owner and a donkey the manger of its master. Israel does not know; my people do not understand.
being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance [that] is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires [you used to conform to] in your ignorance,
"They do not know [how] to do right," {declares Yahweh}, "those who store up violence and destruction in their citadel fortresses."
But they do not know the thoughts of Yahweh, and they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to his threshing floor.
Spiritual » Cleansing » Composure
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
and to you who are being afflicted, rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels,
But I consider [my] life [as] worth {nothing} to myself, in order to finish my mission and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify [to] the gospel of the grace of God.
But even if you might suffer for the sake of righteousness, [you are] blessed. And do not be afraid of their intimidation or be disturbed,
And you are going to hear about wars and rumors of wars. See to it that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is not yet.
Spiritual » Temple » General references to
And what agreement [does the] temple of God [have] with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and will walk about [among them], and I will be their God and they will be my people."
Do you not know that you are God's temple and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit [who is] in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
And [you] yourselves, as living stones, are being built up [as] a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are built up together into a dwelling place of God in [the] Spirit.
Spiritual » Sowing » Surgery
For if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Therefore put to death {what is earthly in you}: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,
knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with [him], in order that the body of sin may be done away with, [that] we may no longer be enslaved to sin.
in whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, by the removal of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a tongue of perversity will be cut off.
Spiritual » Hearing » Spiritual of believers
O Yahweh, I have heard the report of you; O Yahweh, I stand in awe of your works. In the midst of the years, revive it! In the midst of the years, make [it] known! In wrath, may you remember to show compassion.
Understand [this], my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; draw near to listen [rather] than to offer a sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.
Happy [is the] person who listens to me, [in order] to keep watch at my doors day by day, [in order] to guard the frames of my entrances.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Kingdom of heaven
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a man--the master of the house--who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
"Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins who took their lamps [and] went out to meet the bridegroom.
"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man--a king--who gave a wedding celebration for his son.
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found [and] concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.
He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Spiritual » Crowns » Deafness
Make the heart of this people insensitive, and make its ears unresponsive, and shut its eyes so that it may not look with its eyes and listen with its ears and comprehend [with] its mind and turn back, and it may be healed [for] him."
To whom shall I speak and admonish, that they may hear? Look, their ears [are] {closed}, and they are not able to listen attentively. Look, the word of Yahweh is to them an object of scorn, they do not delight in it.
"Son of man, you [are] dwelling in the midst of the house of rebellion {who has eyes to see and they do not see}; {they have ears to hear}, and they do not hear, for they [are] a house of rebellion.
But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder and {stopped their ears from listening}.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Preaching of
to whom he also presented himself alive after he suffered, with many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking the things about the kingdom of God.
But when they believed Philip [as he] was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were being baptized.
But he said to them, "It is necessary [for] me to proclaim the good news [of] the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this [purpose].
And after John {had been taken into custody}, Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God
And it happened that {afterward} also he was going about from [one] town and village [to another] preaching and proclaiming the good news concerning the kingdom of God, and the twelve [were] with him,
Spiritual » Sowing » Striving
"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to,
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear {your circumstances}, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
And everyone who competes exercises self-control in all [things]. Thus those [do so] in order that they may receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable [one].
for which [purpose] also I labor, striving according to his working which is at work powerfully in me.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Walking with God
These [are] the generations of Noah. Noah [was] a righteous man, without defect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
For all the nations walk, each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God, forever and ever.
Then the king stood by the pillar, and he {made} a covenant before Yahweh, to go after Yahweh and to keep his commands and his warnings and his statutes, with all of [his] heart and with his all of his soul, to keep the words of this covenant written on this scroll. Then all of the people {joined} in the covenant.
But you have a few {people} in Sardis who have not defiled their clothing, and they will walk with me in white, because they are worthy.
Spiritual » Battles » Beauty
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
"Who [is] this that looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, {bright as the sun}, {overwhelming as an army with banners}?"
And a name went out for you among the nations because of your beauty, for it [was] perfect because of my majesty that I bestowed on you,' {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such [thing], but that she may be holy and blameless.
Let your adornment not be the external [kind], braiding hair and putting on gold jewelry or putting on [fine] clothing, but the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable [quality] of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is highly valuable in the sight of God.
Spiritual » Crowns » Debtors
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.
We have come to know love by this: that {he} laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » New Birth
Now without faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and is a rewarder of those who seek him.
Indeed, nearly everything is purified with blood according to the law, and apart from the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
Jesus answered, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born of water and spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among people by which we must be saved."
Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves!
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Weapons
Then David said to the Philistine, "You [are] coming to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I am coming to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have defied!
for the weapons of our warfare [are] not merely human, but powerful to God for the tearing down of fortresses, tearing down arguments
and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
But he answered [and] said, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God."
For the word of God [is] living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Moses' fellowship with God
And Moses {alone} will come near to Yahweh, and they will not come near, and the people will not go up with him."
And I will meet you there, and I will speak with you from over the atonement cover, from between the two cherubim that [are to be] on the ark of the testimony--all that I will command you to the {Israelites}.
{And} at the entering of Moses [into] the tent the column of cloud would descend and stand [at] the opening of the tent, and he would speak with Moses.
And the people stood at a distance, and Moses approached the very thick cloud where God was.
And Moses went up to God, and Yahweh called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus you will say to the house of Jacob and you will tell the {Israelites},
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Body
who will transform our humble body [to be] conformed to his glorious body, in accordance with the power that enables him even to subject all [things] to himself.
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If [there] is a natural body, [there] is also a spiritual [body].
And just as we have borne the image of the [one who is] made of earth, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
For indeed, in this [house] we groan, [because we] desire to put on our dwelling from heaven,
When Christ, [who is] your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Bondage
but I observe another law in my members, at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that exists in my members.
His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.
Jesus replied to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
Do you not know that to whomever you present yourselves [as] slaves for obedience, you are slaves to whomever you obey, whether sin, [leading] to death, or obedience, [leading] to righteousness?
Spiritual » Sleep » Warnings against
just as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, until this very day."
for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
His watchmen [are] blind, none of them know. They [are] all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to slumber.
And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.
Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming--whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or early in the morning-- lest he arrive suddenly [and] find you sleeping.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Dawn, spiritual, the coming of Christ ushers in the
The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light.
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise, with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like {fattened calves}.
and we possess [as] more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well [if you] pay attention to [it] as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
because of the merciful compassion of our God by which the dawn will visit to help us from on high,
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Harvest
And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, [if we] do not give up.
Sow for yourselves righteousness; {reap loyal love}. Break up for yourself fallow ground; [it is] time to seek Yahweh so he will come and rain righteousness upon you.
And he said to them, "The harvest [is] plentiful, but the workers [are] few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest that he send out workers into his harvest.
Spiritual » Crowns » Dawn
The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light.
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise, with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like {fattened calves}.
and we possess [as] more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well [if you] pay attention to [it] as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
because of the merciful compassion of our God by which the dawn will visit to help us from on high,
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Shining faces, general references to
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothing became bright as the light.
But if the ministry of death in letters carved on stone came with glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was transitory,
And Aaron and all the {Israelites} saw Moses, and, {to their amazement}, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid of coming near to him.
Who [is] like the sage? Who knows [the] interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Dullness, condemned
And {no one takes it to heart}, and [there is] no knowledge and no understanding to say, "I burned half of it in [the] fire and also I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat, and I have eaten. And I shall make [the] rest of it into an abomination! I shall bow down to a block of wood!"
"Son of man, you [are] dwelling in the midst of the house of rebellion {who has eyes to see and they do not see}; {they have ears to hear}, and they do not hear, for they [are] a house of rebellion.
[The] brutish man does not know, and [the] fool cannot understand this.
Hypocrites! You know how to evaluate the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how [is it] you do not know how to evaluate this present time?
{Why} do you not understand my way of speaking? Because you are not able to listen to my message.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Drought
The poor and the needy [are] seeking water and [there is] none; their tongue is dried up with thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Therefore my people will go into exile without knowledge, [and] their nobles [will be] men of hunger, and their multitude [is] parched [with] thirst.
God settles the lonely in a home; he brings prisoners out into prosperity. But the rebellious abide in a barren land.
O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.
For you shall be like an oak withering its leaves, and like a garden where there is no water for her.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Examples of love to God
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them].
My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
Spiritual » Kingdom » General references to
Jesus answered, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born of water and spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.
Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here."
But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility.
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Spiritual » Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
[The] righteous will flourish like the date palm. They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.
But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.
They go from strength to strength, [until each] appears before God in Zion.
Spiritual » Power » Fills life with healing influences
because our gospel did not come to you with word only, but also with power and with the Holy Spirit and with much certainty, just as you know what sort of [people] we became among you for your sake.
For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.
that he may grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
And God was performing {extraordinary} miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or work aprons {that had touched his skin} were carried away to those who were sick, and [their] diseases left them and the evil spirits came out [of them].
and my speech and my preaching [were] not with the persuasiveness of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and power,
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Sanity
and all pride that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting [there] clothed and in his right mind--the one who had had the legion--and they were afraid.
For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.
"But [when he] came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have an abundance {of food}, and I am dying here from hunger!
Spiritual » Feasts » Prepared in abundance for believers (select reading pr 91-6)
And he said to me, "Write: Blessed [are] those who are invited to the banquet of the wedding celebration of the Lamb!" And he said to me, "These are the true words of God."
And [while] they were eating, he took bread [and], [after] giving thanks, he broke [it] and gave [it] to them and said, "Take [it], this is my body."
Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened [cattle] have been slaughtered, and everything [is] ready. Come to the wedding celebration!" '
And on this mountain Yahweh of hosts will make for all peoples a {rich feast}, a feast of aged wines, fat filled with marrow, filtered aged wine.
Spiritual » Sowing » The blessings of
Those who sow with tears shall reap with rejoicing. He who diligently goes [out] with weeping, carrying the seed bag, shall certainly come [in] with rejoicing, carrying his sheaves.
Happy [are] you who sow by all waters, who let the foot of the ox and the donkey go free.
Sow for yourselves righteousness; {reap loyal love}. Break up for yourself fallow ground; [it is] time to seek Yahweh so he will come and rain righteousness upon you.
because the one who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
Spiritual » Future rest of the saints restoration » Spiritual, of the penitent
Return, apostate children, I will heal your backsliding. 'Look, we come to you, for you are Yahweh our God.
I will heal their disloyalty; I will love them freely because my anger has turned back from them.
{He will again have compassion} on us; he will trample our iniquities. And you will hurl all their sins in the depths of the sea.
I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; and I will lead him and give him and his mourners comfort as a recompense,
For I will present healing to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,' {declares} Yahweh. 'Because they have called you an outcast, [saying], "It is Zion, there is no [one who] cares for her." '
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Circumcision
in whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, by the removal of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
So you shall circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and {do not be stubborn}.
"And Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your inner self {so that you may live}.
Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest my wrath goes forth like the fire and burns, and there is no [one who] extinguishes [it], because of the evil of your deeds."
But the Jew {is one inwardly}, and circumcision [is] of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter, whose praise [is] not from people but from God.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Utterance
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them [ability] to speak out.
praying at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door of the message, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which also {I am a prisoner},
But just as you excel in everything--in faith and in speaking and in knowledge and with all diligence and in the love from us [that is] in you--so may you excel in this grace also.
and for me, that a word may be given to me at the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
that in everything you were made rich in him, in all speech and all knowledge,
Spiritual » Traffic » Exhortations to men to engage in
I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire, in order that you may become rich, and white clothing, in order that you may be clothed and the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed, and eye salve to smear on your eyes, in order that you may see.
"Ho! Everyone thirsty, come to the waters! And whoever has no money, come, buy and eat, and come, buy without money, wine and milk without price!
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found [and] concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.
But the wise ones answered saying, "Certainly there will never be enough for us and for you! Go instead to those who sell [olive oil] and buy [some] for yourselves.'
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Examples of
as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything.
'I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those {who call themselves Jews} and are not, but [are] a synagogue of Satan.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.
that in everything you were made rich in him, in all speech and all knowledge,
Spiritual » Enlargement » failure
Since therefore it remains [for] some to enter into it, and the ones to whom the good news was proclaimed previously did not enter because of disobedience,
If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but so as through fire.
And the rain came down and the rivers came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it collapsed, and its fall was great."
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Discernment
But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
Give to your servant a listening heart to judge your people, to discern between good and bad, because who is able to judge this, your difficult people?"
And his {breath} [is] in the fear of Yahweh. And he shall judge not by his eyesight, and he shall rebuke not by {what he hears with} his ears.
He shall eat curds and honey until he knows to reject the evil and to choose the good.
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have trained their faculties for the distinguishing of both good and evil.
Spiritual » Hearing » Highway
Pass through, pass through the gates! Make the way clear {for} the people! Pile up, pile up the highway; clear [it] of stones! Lift up an ensign over the peoples!
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness. [The] unclean shall not travel through it, but it [is] for them, he who walks [on the] way; and fools shall not wander about.
Look! I [am] about to do a new thing! Now it sprouts! Do you not perceive it? Indeed, I will {make} a way in the wilderness, rivers in [the] desert.
The highway of the upright, it turns from evil, he who guards himself keeps his way.
"Set up for yourself road markers, make for yourself signposts, set your {mind} to the main road, [the] road [by which] you went. Return, O virgin of Israel, return to these your cities.
Spiritual » Adoption » Attraction
Draw me after you, let us run! May the king bring me into his chambers! Let us be joyful and let us rejoice in you; let us extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you!
From afar Yahweh appeared to me, [saying], "I have loved you [with] an everlasting love. {Therefore} I have drawn you [with] loyal love.
I drew them {with human ties}, with the bands of love. I was to them like one who lifted up a yoke on their jaws, [though] I bent down to them [and] let them eat.
No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Pride
Because you are saying, "I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,
The Pharisee stood [and] prayed these [things] with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people--swindlers, unrighteous [people], adulterers, or even like this tax collector!
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.
'I [am] clean, without transgression; I [am] pure, and [there is] no guilt in me.
Spiritual » Adoption » Armour
Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil,
But [because] we are of the day, we must be sober, [by] putting on the breastplate of faith and love and [as] a helmet the hope of salvation,
The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light.
in the word of truth, in the power of God, with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and left hand,
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Showers
Sow for yourselves righteousness; {reap loyal love}. Break up for yourself fallow ground; [it is] time to seek Yahweh so he will come and rain righteousness upon you.
Let us know, let us press on to know Yahweh; his rising [is] sure like [the] dawn. He will come like the showers to us, like [the] spring rain that waters [the] earth.
May my teaching trickle like the dew, my words like rain showers on tender grass, and like spring showers on new growth.
And I will make them and [the area] all around my hill a blessing, and I will let the rain go down {at its appointed time}; they will be rains of blessing.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Rivers
They are refreshed with the {fullness} of your house, and you give them drink [from] the river of your delights.
[There is] a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holiest of the dwellings of the Most High.
And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb
O that you had listened attentively to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
And he measured a thousand [cubits], [and] [it became] a stream that I was not able to cross, because the water rose, {waters a person could swim in}, [and became] a stream that could not be crossed.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
You have tried my heart; you have examined [me] by night; you have tested me; you found nothing. I have decided [that] my mouth will not transgress.
And thus [in the matter of] the envoys of the commanders of Babylon who had been sent to him to seek the sign that had happened in the land, God forsook him, to test him [and] to know all [that was] in his heart.
Yahweh appeared to Solomon at Gibeon in a dream at night, and God said, "Ask what I should give to you."
Yahweh tests [the] righteous, but [the] wicked and [the] lover of violence his soul hates.
Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish [the] righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God.
Spiritual » Renewal » Reputation
For [the report of] your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, and I want you to be wise toward what [is] good, but innocent toward what [is] evil.
First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed in the whole world.
By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, [because] God approved [him] for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, [although he] is dead. By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved {as having been pleasing} to God. Now without faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and is a rewarder of those who seek him. read more.
By faith Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, out of reverence constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family, by which he pronounced sentence on the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. By faith Abraham, [when he] was called, obeyed to go out to a place that he was going to receive for an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise. For he was expecting the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder [is] God. By faith also, {with Sarah}, he received {the ability to procreate} even {past the normal age}, because he regarded the one who had promised [to be] faithful. And therefore these were fathered from one man, and [he] being as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in number and like the innumerable sand by the shore of the sea. These all died in faith without receiving the promises, but seeing them from a distance and welcoming [them], and admitting that they were strangers and temporary residents on the earth. For those who say such [things] make clear that they are seeking a homeland. And if they remember that [land] from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. But now they aspire to a better [land], that is, a heavenly [one]. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. By faith Abraham, [when he] was tested, offered Isaac, and the one who received the promises was ready to offer his one and only [son], with reference to whom it was said, "In Isaac your descendants will be named," having reasoned that God [was] able even to raise [him] from the dead, from which he received him back also as a symbol. By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things that were going to happen. By faith Jacob, [as he] was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped, [leaning] on the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, [as he] was dying, mentioned about the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his bones. By faith Moses, [when he] was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw the child [was] handsome, and they were not afraid of the edict of the king. By faith Moses, [when he] was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing instead to be mistreated with the people of God [rather] than to experience the transitory enjoyment of sin, considering {reproach endured for the sake of Christ} greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he persevered as [if he] saw the invisible one. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, in order that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them. By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; the Egyptians, {when they made the attempt}, were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down [after they] had been marched around for seven days. By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, [because she] welcomed the spies in peace. And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, accomplished justice, obtained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, extinguished the effectiveness of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong from weakness, became mighty in battle, put to flight enemy battle lines. Women received back their dead by resurrection. But others were tortured, not accepting release, in order that they might gain a better resurrection. And others {experienced mocking and flogging}, and in addition bonds and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they died by murder with a sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, impoverished, afflicted, mistreated, of whom the world was not worthy, wandering about on deserts and mountains and in caves and in holes in the ground. And [although they] all were approved through their faith, they did not receive what was promised,
Spiritual » Light » General references to
if you offer your soul to the hungry, and you satisfy [the] appetite of [the] afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness, and your darkness [will be] like noon.
But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,
to open their eyes [so that they] may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, [so that] they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Disease
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no healer there? Why, then, has the healing of the daughter of my people not been restored?
Why do you want to be beaten again? You continue [in] rebellion. [The] whole of [the] head [is] sick, and [the] whole of [the] heart [is] faint.
For thus says Yahweh, 'Your injury [is] incurable, your wound [is] overcome by sickness.
For her wounds [are] incurable, because it has come to Judah. It has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.
And [when] Jesus heard [it], he said to them, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Times of spiritual refreshing
And not only [this], but also [we are] boasting in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Great [is] my confidence toward you; great [is] my boasting on your behalf; I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.
And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any longer, for he went on his way rejoicing.
And Philip came down to the city of Samaria [and] began proclaiming the Christ to them. And the crowds with one mind were paying attention to what was being said by Philip, [as] they heard [him] and saw the signs that he was performing.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » Thirst
O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.
Look, the days are coming," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread and not a thirst for water, but {of hearing} the words of Yahweh!
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Heirship with Christ entailed in
and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [with him] so that we may also be glorified together [with him].
And it will be in the place where it was said to them, 'You [are] not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
Greet Rufus, the chosen one in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
Because of this, I have sent to you Timothy, who is my dear and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Heirship with Christ entailed in
and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [with him] so that we may also be glorified together [with him].
And it will be in the place where it was said to them, 'You [are] not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
Greet Rufus, the chosen one in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
Because of this, I have sent to you Timothy, who is my dear and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.
Spiritual » Receptivity » General references to
So those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added.
But what was sown on the good soil--this is the one who hears the word and understands [it], who indeed bears fruit and produces, this one a hundred [times as much], and this one sixty, and this one thirty."
Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. {They} accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day [to see] if these [things] were so.
And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that [when you] received God's word {that you heard} from us, you accepted [it] not [as the] word of men, but as [it] truly is, [the] word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.
Spiritual » Hope » Abides forever
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given [us] eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,
if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
And now these three [things] remain: faith, hope, [and] love. But the greatest of these [is] love.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Watchmen
Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.
I have appointed watchmen upon your walls, Jerusalem; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who profess Yahweh have no rest.
"Son of man, I have appointed you [as] a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, then you must warn them from me.
And I raised up watchmen over you: 'Listen attentively to [the] sound of a horn.' But they said, 'We will not listen attentively.'
Spiritual » Life » Necessitates death to sin and self
and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that [life] I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
And he died for all, in order that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.
For we who are alive [are] continually being handed over to death because of Jesus, in order that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Near at hand
From that time [on], Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, because the kingdom of heaven is near."
So also you, when you see these [things] happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
Spiritual » Mind » Mind of Christ
Think this in yourselves which [was] also in Christ Jesus,
"For who has known the mind of the Lord; who has advised him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
Therefore, [because] Christ suffered in the flesh, you also equip yourselves with the same way of thinking, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
Spiritual » Mind » Spiritual mind
Think this in yourselves which [was] also in Christ Jesus,
"For who has known the mind of the Lord; who has advised him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
For the mindset of the flesh [is] death, but the mindset of the Spirit [is] life and peace,
Spiritual » Life » Secured through faith
Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
but these [things] are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that [by] believing you may have life in his name.
But if Christ [is] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin, but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Demands entire consecration
No one who serves as a soldier is entangled in the activities of [everyday] life, so that he may please the one who enlisted [him].
But remember the former days in which, [after you] were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings,
And the dragon was angry at the woman, and went away to {fight against} the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and who hold to the testimony about Jesus.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Demands entire consecration
No one who serves as a soldier is entangled in the activities of [everyday] life, so that he may please the one who enlisted [him].
But remember the former days in which, [after you] were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings,
And the dragon was angry at the woman, and went away to {fight against} the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and who hold to the testimony about Jesus.
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Fidelity
For if by the trespass of the one [man], death reigned through the one [man], much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
"And you are the ones who have remained with me in my trials, and I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred on me,
Already you are satiated! Already you are rich! Apart from us you reign as kings! And would that indeed you reigned as kings, in order that we also might reign as kings with you!
Spiritual » Enlargement » Exercise
The one who had received the five talents went out [and] traded with them and gained five more.
for which reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.
But reject those {worthless myths told by elderly women}, and train yourself for godliness.
Spiritual » Encouraged » In love
and [may] the Lord [cause] you to increase and to abound in love for one another and for all, just as also we [do] for you,
for indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to progress even more,
Spiritual » Immaturity » Inability to receive strong doctrine
Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.
And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual [people], but as to fleshly [people], as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able [to eat it]. But now you are still not able,
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Abiding in Christ
"I am the vine; you [are] the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him--this one bears much fruit, for apart from me you are not able to do anything.
Now all discipline seems for the moment not to be joyful but painful, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who are trained by it.
But now, having been set free from sin and having been enslaved to God, you have your fruit [leading] to sanctification, and its end [is] eternal life.
Spiritual » Talk » Used in everyday life
And you shall recite them to your children, and you shall talk about them at [the time of] your living in your house and at [the time of] your going on the road and at [the time of] your lying down and at [the time of] your rising [up].
And you shall teach them to your children by talking about them when you sit in your house and when you travel on the road and when you lie down and when you get up.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
And you shall remember all [of] the way that Yahweh your God led you [during] these forty years in the desert in order to humble you and to test you to know what [is] in your heart, whether you would [diligently] keep his commandments or not.
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer, for Yahweh your God {is testing you to know whether you love} Yahweh your God with all of your heart and with all [of] your inner self.
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Spiritual cleansing
and "he will shepherd them with an iron rod; he will break [them] in pieces like jars made of clay,"
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father--to him [be] the glory and the power {forever and ever}. Amen.
Spiritual » Liberty » The presence of the spirit secures
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord [is, there is] freedom.
Now [this was] because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order that they might enslave us,
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Victory over satan
And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] a thousand years.
And night will not exist [any] longer, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp and the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give light to them, and they will reign {forever and ever}.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » A spiritual crown
Do not be afraid of [the things] which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw [some] of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will experience affliction ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give to him [some] of the hidden manna, and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knows except the one who receives [it].'
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Without defect
having been filled [with the] fruit of righteousness which [comes] through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Abandonment of idols
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If with all your heart you [are] turning to Yahweh, remove the foreign gods and Ashtoreths from your midst. Commit your hearts to Yahweh and serve him alone. Then he will deliver you from the hand of [the] Philistines."
Nevertheless some good things have been found in regard to you, for you burned the Asherahs out of the land and set your heart to seek God."
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Endurance
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging [them] to continue in the faith and [saying], "Through many persecutions it is necessary [for] us to enter into the kingdom of God."
a proof of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, on behalf of which also you are suffering,
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Growth
Concerning this {we have much to say and it is difficult to explain}, since you have become sluggish in hearing. For indeed, [although you] ought to be teachers {by this time}, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of} milk, not solid food. For everyone who partakes of milk [is] unacquainted with the message of righteousness, because he is an infant. read more.
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have trained their faculties for the distinguishing of both good and evil.
Therefore, leaving behind the elementary message about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God, teaching about baptisms and laying on of hands, and resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. And this we will do, if God permits. read more.
For [it is] impossible [concerning] those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and become sharers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, and having fallen away, to renew [them] again to repentance, [because they] have crucified again for themselves the Son of God and held him up to contempt. For ground that drinks the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth vegetation usable to those [people] {for whose sake} [it is] also cultivated, shares a blessing from God. But [if it] produces thorns and thistles, [it is] worthless and near to a curse, whose end [is] for burning. But even if we are speaking in this way, dear friends, we are convinced of better [things] concerning you, and belonging to salvation. For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them]. And we desire each one of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of [your] hope until the end, in order that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience. For [when] God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself, saying, "Surely {I will greatly bless} you, and {I will greatly multiply} you." And so, [by] persevering, he obtained the promise. For people swear by what is greater [than themselves], and the oath for confirmation [is the] end of all dispute for them.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Into Christ
But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ,
so that you may live in a manner worthy of the Lord, {to please [him] in all respects}, bearing fruit in every good deed and increasing in the knowledge of God,
Spiritual » Labourers » Great opportunity afforded to
For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
Do you not say, 'There are yet four months and the harvest comes'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already. The one who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life, in order that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By striving after the Christ ideal
But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ,
until we all reach the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to a measure of the maturity of the fullness of Christ,
Spiritual » Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage
So also we, when we were children, we were enslaved under the elemental spirits of the world.
Now I say, for as long a time [as] the heir is a child, [he is] no different from a slave, [although he] is master of everything, but he is under guardians and managers until the time set by [his] father.
Spiritual » Labourers » Prayer for the increase of
And [when] evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last up to the first.'
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest [is] plentiful, but the workers [are] few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest that he send out workers into his harvest."
Spiritual » Knowledge » A cause for exultation
{But only} in this must the one who boasts boast, [that] he has insight, and [that] he knows me, that I [am] Yahweh, showing loyal love, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for in these [things] I delight," {declares} Yahweh.
And they will no longer teach each one his neighbor, or each one his brother, {saying}, 'Know Yahweh,' for all of them will know me, from their {smallest} and up to their {greatest}," {declares} Yahweh, "for I will forgive their iniquity and their sin I will no longer remember."
Spiritual » Life » Christ the supreme object of
Because for this reason also the gospel was preached to those who are dead, so that they were judged {by human standards} in the flesh, but they may live in the spirit {by God's standards}.
For to me to live [is] Christ and to die [is] gain.
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of glory
Do not be afraid of [the things] which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw [some] of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will experience affliction ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
And [when] the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
Spiritual » Life » Sustained by the word of God
Extend your ear, and come to me! Listen so that your soul may live, and I will {make} an everlasting covenant with you, the enduring proofs of {the mercies shown to} David.
And he humbled you and let you go hungry, and [then] he fed you with that which you did not know nor did your ancestors know, in order to make you know that not by bread alone but by all [that] goes out of the mouth of Yahweh humankind shall live.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Sympathetic service
Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, [you] who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world! For I was hungry and you gave me [something] to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me [something] to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me as a guest,
And he lifted up his eyes to his disciples [and] said, "Blessed [are] the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to test you so that his fear will be before you so that you do not sin."
And it happened [that] after these things, God tested Abraham. And he said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I [am]."
Spiritual » Rest » Lost by stubbornness
to whom he has said, "This [is] rest; give rest to the weary; and this [is] repose"; yet they were not willing to hear.
For the Lord Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, said this: "In returning and rest you shall be saved; your strength shall be in quietness and in trust." But you were not willing,
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Humility
Blessed [are] those who are persecuted because of righteousness, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Dedication of God's house
They offered on that day great sacrifices and rejoiced because God brought great joy to them. And the women and children also rejoiced. The joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
With joy they celebrated the festival of unleavened bread [for] seven days, because Yahweh had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them in order to help them with the work of their hands on the house of the God of Israel.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Continuance in the primary department
For indeed, [although you] ought to be teachers {by this time}, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of} milk, not solid food.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of blessing
Blessed [are] the ones who hunger and thirst [for] righteousness, because they will be satisfied.
Bring the whole tithe to {the storehouse}, so that there will be food in my house, and test me please in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour forth for you {an overflowing blessing}.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over severest afflictions
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
But he answered [and] said to them, "These are my mother and my brothers--the ones who hear the word of God and do [it].
For whoever does the will of my Father [who is] in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother."
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Peter, the profane fisherman becomes a man whose very shadow heals
Then he began to curse and to swear with an oath, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.
so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and put [them] on cots and mats so that [when] Peter came by, at least [his] shadow would fall on some of them.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » John the vindictive jew becomes the apostle of love
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
And they did not welcome him because {he was determined to go} to Jerusalem. Now [when] the disciples James and John saw [it], they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
But he answered [and] said to them, "These are my mother and my brothers--the ones who hear the word of God and do [it].
For whoever does the will of my Father [who is] in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother."
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of joy
I have spoken these [things] to you in order that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be made complete.
and I know that [when I] come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
Spiritual » Rest » True response found in God
And it shall happen on the day Yahweh gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and hard labor which {you had to perform},
Return, O my soul, to your repose, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
Spiritual » Rest » The divine presence gives
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over evil influences of men
By you we push down our enemies; by your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
You will trample down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I [am] going to act," says Yahweh of hosts.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » The woman of samaria of unsavoury reputation becomes an evangel of truth
The woman answered and said to him, "I do not have a husband." Jesus said to her, "You have said rightly, 'I do not have a husband,' for you have had five husbands, and [the one] whom you have now is not your husband; this you have said truthfully!"
"Come, see a man who told me everything I have ever done! Perhaps this one is the Christ?"
Spiritual » Hope » Enabled abraham to become the father of the faithful
and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
who against hope believed in hope, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said, "so will your descendants be."
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » The cold-hearted philippian jailer becomes a sympathetic friend
And he took them at that [very] hour of the night [and] washed [their] wounds, and he himself was baptized at once, and all those of his [household].
Having received such an order, {he} put them in the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Eternal life
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.
And I give them eternal life, and they will never perish {forever}, and no one will seize them out of my hand.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The death of Christ
Likewise also the cup, after they had eaten, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink [it], in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the followers of Christ
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
The one who loves his brother resides in the light, and [there] is no cause for stumbling in him.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the obedient
Light [is] sown for the righteous, and joy for [the] upright in heart.
And you will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
Spiritual » Liberty » The mission of Christ to proclaim
[The] Spirit of the Lord Yahweh [is] upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me, he has sent me to bring good news [to the] oppressed, to bind up {the brokenhearted}, to {proclaim} release to [the] captives and liberation to those who are bound,
"The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,
Spiritual » Liberty » The truth the instrumentality
Spiritual » Vision » Afflictions prepare for
And on that day, the deaf shall hear [the] words of a scroll, and [the] eyes of [the] blind shall see out of gloom and darkness.
Spiritual » Power » Source of spiritual power
But you will receive power [when] the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest part of the earth."
But those who wait for Yahweh shall renew [their] strength. They shall go up [with] wings like eagles; they shall run and not grow weary; they shall walk and not be faint.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
{Then Jesus, when he looked up} and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread so that these [people] can eat?" (Now he said this to test him, because he knew what he was going to do.)
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Watching
for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Saul the bloodthirsty persecutor becomes paul, the tender-hearted brother
Then Paul replied, "What are you doing weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus!"
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Worshipping
And it was the primary [duty] of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard [with] one voice, to praise and give thanks to Yahweh. And when a sound from the trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments of song was raised to Yahweh--for he [is] good, because his loyal love [is] everlasting--then the house, the house of Yahweh, was filled with a cloud. And the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The boy Christ
And the child was growing and becoming strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.
And Jesus was advancing in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and [with] people.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » The restless demoniac becomes a quiet disciple
And during every night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.
And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting [there] clothed and in his right mind--the one who had had the legion--and they were afraid.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By cultivating the understanding
Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By putting away childish things
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside the things of a child.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The thessalonians
We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing
Spiritual » Power » Enables men to speak with authority
And with great power the apostles were giving testimony [to] the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.
Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Cleansing of God's temple
and they gathered their brothers and sanctified themselves, and they went in according to the command of the king because of the words of Yahweh, to purify the house of Yahweh.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Spiritual weapons
for the weapons of our warfare [are] not merely human, but powerful to God for the tearing down of fortresses, tearing down arguments
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Spiritual weapons
for the weapons of our warfare [are] not merely human, but powerful to God for the tearing down of fortresses, tearing down arguments
Spiritual » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed, and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow,
Spiritual » Power » Accompanies the baptism of the holy spirit
But you will receive power [when] the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest part of the earth."
And suddenly a sound like a violent rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Believers called to
God [is] faithful, by whom you were called to fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant grace
And God is able to cause all grace to abound to you, so that in everything at all times, [because you] have enough of everything, you may overflow in every good work.
Spiritual » Perception » The wise man
{The wise man can see where he is walking}, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.
Spiritual » Labourers » Worthy of reward
The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching. For the scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox [while it] is threshing," and "The worker [is] worthy of his wages."
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Many varieties of
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. Against such things [there] is no law.
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The bankrupt servant
"For this [reason] the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man--a king--who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. And [when] he began to settle [them], someone was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents. And [because] he did not have [enough] to repay [it], the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children and everything that he had, and to be repaid.
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The bankrupt servant
"For this [reason] the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man--a king--who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. And [when] he began to settle [them], someone was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents. And [because] he did not have [enough] to repay [it], the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children and everything that he had, and to be repaid.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Witnessing
in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant supplies
And my God will fulfill your every need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Past mercies
Remember [the] old days, {the years long past}; ask your father, and he will inform you, your elders and they will tell you.
Spiritual » Rest » Eternal
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write: 'Blessed [are] the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "in order that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow after them."
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over all satanic powers
And I saw [something] like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name were standing by the glassy sea, holding harps from God.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Spiritual receptivity the condition of
Behold, I stand at the door and knock! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, indeed I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me.
Spiritual » Crowns » Cast at jesus' feet
the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives {forever and ever}, and put down their crowns before the throne, saying,
Spiritual » Crowns » To be guarded
I am coming quickly! Hold fast to what you have, so that no one may take away your crown.
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The laodicean church
Because you are saying, "I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The laodicean church
Because you are saying, "I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » All barriers broken down
Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God,
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The gentiles
that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » All barriers broken down
Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God,
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The gentiles
that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Endurance
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Personal purification
Therefore, if someone cleanses himself from these [things], he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Discovered by spiritual vision
(the eyes of your hearts having been enlightened), so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what [are] the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints,
Spiritual » Riches general references to » God's blessing the source of
The blessing of Yahweh makes [one] rich, and he does not increase sorrow with it.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Young soldiers enlisted
I am setting before you this instruction, Timothy [my] child, in accordance with the prophecies spoken long ago about you, in order that by them you may fight the good fight,
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » A fight of faith
Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Invisible foes
because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [forces] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Young soldiers enlisted
I am setting before you this instruction, Timothy [my] child, in accordance with the prophecies spoken long ago about you, in order that by them you may fight the good fight,
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » A fight of faith
Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Invisible foes
because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [forces] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant power
Now to the one who is able to do beyond all measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The delights of God's word
Your words were found and I ate them, and your words became to me as jubilation, even as the joy of my heart, for your name is called on me, Yahweh God of hosts.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the inseparable love of God
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the divine keeping power
for which reason also I suffer these [things]. But [I am] not ashamed, because I know in whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard [what] I have entrusted until that day.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Instability of faith
so that we may no longer be infants, tossed about by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of people, by craftiness with reference to the scheming of deceit.
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of the spirit
And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of wisdom
Because of this also we, from the day we heard about [it], did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled [with] the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of God
and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Produced in all periods of life
Planted in the house of Yahweh, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still prosper in old age. They will be fat and luxuriant,
Spiritual » Talk » Spiritual thoughts expressed in music
speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and singing praise in your heart to the Lord,
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Found in spiritual assemblies
For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in the midst of them."
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of righteousness
Finally, the crown of righteousness is reserved for me, that the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Perennial
And along the stream will go up on its banks {from both sides} every tree {producing food}; its leaf will not wither and it will not cease [producing] its fruit. {Every month} it will bear early fruit, for its waters [are] going out from the sanctuary, and its fruit will be as food, and its leaf for healing."
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
And [after they] had inflicted many blows on them, they threw [them] into prison, giving orders to the jailer to guard them securely. Having received such an order, {he} put them in the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Walking
for you were formerly darkness, but now [you are] light in the Lord. Live like children of light
Spiritual » Riches general references to » More precious than earthly
considering {reproach endured for the sake of Christ} greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Unsearchable
To me, the least of all the saints, was given this grace: to proclaim the good news of the fathomless riches of Christ to the Gentiles,
Spiritual » Riches general references to » A paradox
There is one who acts rich but {has nothing}; another who pretends to be poor but [has] wealth.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Enduring
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Spiritual receptivity
But what was sown on the good soil--this is the one who hears the word and understands [it], who indeed bears fruit and produces, this one a hundred [times as much], and this one sixty, and this one thirty."
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » An everlasting name
For thus says Yahweh, "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose that in which I delight, and who keep hold of my covenant. And I will give them a monument and a name in my house and within my walls, better than sons and daughters; I will give him an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Spiritual knowledge
And I will give to them a heart to know me, that I [am] Yahweh, and {they will be my people}, and {I will be their God}, for they will return to me with the whole of their heart.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Spiritual rest
Come to me, all [of you] who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » A new heart
And I will give to them one heart, and a new spirit I will give in their inner parts. And I will remove their heart of stone from their body, and I will give to them a heart of flesh,
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The boy samuel
But the boy Samuel {continued to grow in stature and in favor} with Yahweh and with the people.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the just
But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the certainty of the divine promises
These all died in faith without receiving the promises, but seeing them from a distance and welcoming [them], and admitting that they were strangers and temporary residents on the earth.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Formation
and [for] this same [reason], and [by] applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge, and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,
Spiritual » Perception » Nehemiah
Then I look and realized God had not sent him; rather, he had spoken the prophecy against me [because] Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Spiritual » Perception » David
David realized that Yahweh had established him as king over Israel and that he had exalted his kingdom because of his people Israel.
Spiritual » Vision » The holy spirit the author of
He will glorify me, because he will take from what [is] mine and will proclaim [it] to you. Everything that the Father has is mine. For this [reason] I said that he takes from what [is] mine and will proclaim [it] to you.
Spiritual » Vision » Uses the telescope of faith
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he persevered as [if he] saw the invisible one.
Spiritual » Power » Mightier than physical forces
And he answered and said to me, "This [is] the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by strength and not by power, but [only] by my Spirit,' says Yahweh of hosts.
Spiritual » Talk » Christ the topic of
And behold, on [that] same day, two of them were traveling to a village {named} Emmaus [that was] sixty stadia distant from Jerusalem, and they were conversing with one another about all these [things] that had happened.
Spiritual » Rest » Found in Christ's service
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » Inward righteousness
For I say to you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses [that] of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » A childlike spirit
and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you turn around and become like young children, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven!
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Brotherhood of, recognized by Christ
For both the one who sanctifies and the ones who are sanctified [are] all from one, for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » Inhabitants of jerusalem
Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Brotherhood of, recognized by Christ
For both the one who sanctifies and the ones who are sanctified [are] all from one, for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » Inhabitants of jerusalem
Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Warring
The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant entrance
For in this way entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied for you.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The blessings of a spiritual life
I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; my being shall shout in exultation in my God. For he has clothed me [with] garments of salvation, he has covered me [with the] robe of righteousness, as bridegroom adorns [himself] [with] a head wrap like a priest, and as bride adorns herself [with] her jewelry.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By partaking of the deeper truths of the gospel
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have trained their faculties for the distinguishing of both good and evil.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Brings joy in the night season
My soul will be satisfied [as with the] best and richest [food], and [with] joyful lips my mouth will praise. When I remember you on my bed, I meditate on you in [the] night watches.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the church of the future
Your sun shall no longer go [down], and your moon shall not {wane}, for Yahweh himself will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall come to an end.
Spiritual » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Obedience, the condition of receiving
So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not mine, but [is] from the one who sent me. If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Liberates the soul from all error
Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you continue in my word you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Spiritual » Vision » Given in answer to prayer
Then Elisha prayed and said, "O Yahweh, please open his eyes that he may see," and Yahweh opened the eyes of the servant, and he saw, and look, the mountain [was] full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Grown only upon good ground
But other [seed] fell on the good soil and produced grain, this one a hundred [times as much] and this one sixty and this one thirty.
Spiritual » Talk » Concerns the things of God
Spiritual » Talk » The habit of the saints
Then those who revered Yahweh spoke {with one another}. And Yahweh listened attentively and heard, and a scroll of remembrance was written {before him} of those who revere Yahweh and ponder his name.
Spiritual » Hope » Believers called to testify concerning
but set Christ apart [as] Lord in your hearts, always ready to [make] a defense to anyone who asks you [for] an accounting concerning the hope [that is] in you.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
Consider [it] all joy, my brothers, whenever you encounter various trials, [because you] know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » An inward battle
but I observe another law in my members, at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that exists in my members.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » An inward battle
but I observe another law in my members, at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that exists in my members.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The return from captivity
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great [things] for these [people]."
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Love of Christ
whom, [although you] have not seen, you love; in whom now you believe, [although you] do not see [him], and you rejoice greatly with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » All the teachings of the gospel
to remember the words proclaimed beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The wonderful works of God
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By overcoming temptation
I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known the [One who is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the benevolent
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall grow quickly. And your salvation shall go before you; the glory of Yahweh will be your rear guard.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the upright
[His] light rises in the darkness for the upright; [he is] gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the divine ability
Spiritual » Perception » The shunammite woman
She said to her husband, "Please now, I know that he [is] a holy man of God who is passing {our way} regularly;
Spiritual » Encouraged » Through "the word"
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual » Encouraged » Unto perfection
Therefore, leaving behind the elementary message about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,
Spiritual » Liberty » Spiritual, a mark of the new dispensation
to open [the] blind eyes, to bring [the] prisoner out from [the] dungeon, those who sit [in] darkness from [the] house of imprisonment.
Spiritual » Liberty » The bondage of sin broken
that the creation itself also will be set free from its servility to decay, into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Spiritual » Vision » Heart purity essential to
Blessed [are] the pure in heart, because they will see God.
Spiritual » Hope » The scriptures the source of
For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
Spiritual » Hope » The saving element in life
For in hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?
Spiritual » Life » Love the demonstration of
We know that we have passed over from death to life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
Spiritual » Rest » Appropriated by faith
For we who have believed enter into rest, just as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, '{They will never enter} into my rest.'" And yet these works have been accomplished from the foundation of the world.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over malign spiritual forces
Behold, I have given you the authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will ever harm you.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over worldly allurements
because everyone who is fathered by God conquers the world.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Mary magdalene
But Mary stood outside at the tomb, weeping. Then, while she was weeping, she bent over to look into the tomb,
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » In the communion of saints
And it happened that while they were conversing, and discussing, Jesus himself also approached [and] began to go along with them,
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Testimony an aid to
what we have seen and heard, we announce to you also, in order that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship [is] with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Warms the heart
And they said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?"
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of life
Blessed [is] the person who endures testing, because [when he] is approved he will receive the crown of life that he has promised to those who love him.
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The prodigal son
And [after] he had spent everything, there was a severe famine throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The prodigal son
And [after] he had spent everything, there was a severe famine throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Death of the old life
Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth [and] dies, it remains [by] itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Thomas
Then Thomas (the one who is called Didymus) said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go also, so that we may die with him."
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Peter
He said to him again a second time, "Simon [son] of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Shepherd my sheep!"
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Paul
Then Paul replied, "What are you doing weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus!"
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » The holy spirit
Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant life
The thief {comes only} so that he can steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and have [it] abundantly.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant joys
They are refreshed with the {fullness} of your house, and you give them drink [from] the river of your delights.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The words of Christ concerning benevolence
I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Is quickened by the holy spirit
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name--that one will teach you all [things], and will remind you of everything that I said to you.
Spiritual » Receptivity » Martha received him into her house
And {she had} a sister named Mary, who also sat at the feet of Jesus [and] was listening to his teaching.
Spiritual » Perception » Peter
So Peter opened [his] mouth [and] said, "In truth I understand that God is not one who shows partiality,
Spiritual » Liberty » A new law of life sets free
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
Spiritual » Fulness » The overflowing cup
You prepare before me a table in the presence of my oppressors. You anoint my head with oil; my cup [is] overflowing.
Spiritual » Vision » Believers alone possess
Yet a little [time] and the world will see me no longer, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » The product of heavenly wisdom
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,
Spiritual » Talk » Tends to religious fervency
And they said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?"
Spiritual » Rest » Vainly sought in escape from trouble
Spiritual » Hope » Inspires to clean living
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Leaves its impress upon the life
Now [when they] saw the boldness of Peter and John, and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were astonished, and recognized them, that they had been with Jesus.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » John the baptist
And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Returning unto the lord
And he will go on before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare for the Lord a people made ready."
Spiritual » Riches general references to » The inheritance of God's elect
Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Contact with living water
And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf also does not wither. Therefore all that he does prospers.
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Chastening, or pruning
Every branch that does not bear fruit in me, he removes it, and every [branch] that bears fruit, he prunes it in order that it may bear more fruit.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » The sinful women
{For this reason} I tell you, her sins--[which were] many--have been forgiven, for she loved much. But [the one] to whom little is forgiven loves little."
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Mary of bethany
Then Mary took a pound of ointment of very valuable genuine nard [and] anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Faith and love
Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Perseverance
But Jesus said, "No one who puts [his] hand on the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God!"
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The lord as a deliverer
When my life was ebbing away from me, I remembered Yahweh, and my prayer came to you, {to your holy temple}.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Paul
But Saul was increasing in strength even more, and was confounding the Jews who lived in Damascus [by] proving that this one is the Christ.
Spiritual » Perception » The samaritan woman
Spiritual » Perception » Jesus
But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered [and] said to them, "Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
Spiritual » Knowledge » Obtained by acquaintanceship with God
Let us know, let us press on to know Yahweh; his rising [is] sure like [the] dawn. He will come like the showers to us, like [the] spring rain that waters [the] earth.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Leads to eternal life
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
Spiritual » Power » Gives men courage to rebuke sin
But I, I am filled [with] power, with the Spirit of Yahweh, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his rebellion, and to Israel his sin.
Spiritual » Power » Jesus the supreme example of
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news about him went out throughout all the surrounding region.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Working
It is necessary [for] us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work!
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » New Birth
Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."
good Tidings » Spiritual
[The] Spirit of the Lord Yahweh [is] upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me, he has sent me to bring good news [to the] oppressed, to bind up {the brokenhearted}, to {proclaim} release to [the] captives and liberation to those who are bound,
How delightful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns as a king."
And the angel answered [and] said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news.
{Get yourself} up to a high mountain, Zion, bringer of good news! Lift up your voice with strength, Jerusalem, bringer of good news! Lift [it] up; you must not fear! Say to the cities of Judah, "Here [is] your God!"
Look! On the mountains! The feet of the one who brings good tidings, the one who proclaims peace! "Celebrate [a festival], O Judah, Fulfill your vows! For he will not invade you again; the wicked one is cut off completely!"
Watchmen » Spiritual
Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.
I have appointed watchmen upon your walls, Jerusalem; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who profess Yahweh have no rest.
"Son of man, I have appointed you [as] a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, then you must warn them from me.
And I raised up watchmen over you: 'Listen attentively to [the] sound of a horn.' But they said, 'We will not listen attentively.'
Way provided » Spiritual
Pass through, pass through the gates! Make the way clear {for} the people! Pile up, pile up the highway; clear [it] of stones! Lift up an ensign over the peoples!
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness. [The] unclean shall not travel through it, but it [is] for them, he who walks [on the] way; and fools shall not wander about.
Look! I [am] about to do a new thing! Now it sprouts! Do you not perceive it? Indeed, I will {make} a way in the wilderness, rivers in [the] desert.
The highway of the upright, it turns from evil, he who guards himself keeps his way.
"Set up for yourself road markers, make for yourself signposts, set your {mind} to the main road, [the] road [by which] you went. Return, O virgin of Israel, return to these your cities.
Weapons » Spiritual » Sword of the spirit
and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth, and wipe out by the appearance of his coming,
"And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: "This is what the one who has the sharp double-edged sword says:
and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
For the word of God [is] living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.
But he shall judge [the] poor with righteousness, and he shall decide for [the] needy of [the] earth with rectitude. And he shall strike [the] earth with the rod of his mouth, and he shall kill [the] wicked person with the breath of his lips.
Weapons » Spiritual » General references to weapons
Then David said to the Philistine, "You [are] coming to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I am coming to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have defied!
for the weapons of our warfare [are] not merely human, but powerful to God for the tearing down of fortresses, tearing down arguments
and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
But he answered [and] said, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God."
For the word of God [is] living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.
Weapons » Spiritual » Trust in weapons vain
Then David said to the Philistine, "You [are] coming to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I am coming to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have defied!
But I will have pity [on] the house of Judah and I will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, war, horses, or horsemen.
and I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the military strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders will fall, every one by the sword of another!
Words » Christ's, characteristics of » Spiritual
The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Spiritual
The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Topics on Spiritual
Abundance, Spiritual
Exodus 34:6And Yahweh passed over before him, and he proclaimed, "Yahweh, Yahweh, God, [who is] compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger}, and abounding with loyal love and faithfulness,
Abuse, Of Spiritual Things
Numbers 20:10and Moses and Aaron summoned the assembly to the presence of the rock, and he said to them, "Please listen, you rebels; can we bring out water for you from this rock?"
Adultery, Spiritual
1 John 2:15-17Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
Appetite, Spiritual
Isaiah 55:1"Ho! Everyone thirsty, come to the waters! And whoever has no money, come, buy and eat, and come, buy without money, wine and milk without price!
Armor, Spiritual
Ephesians 6:11Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil,
Babies Used As A Spiritual Image
1 Corinthians 3:1-2And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual [people], but as to fleshly [people], as to infants in Christ.
Beauty, Spiritual
Psalm 110:3Your people {will volunteer} in the day of your power. In holy splendor, from [the] womb of [the] dawn, you will have the dew of your youth.
Betrothal, Spiritual
2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous [for] you with a godly jealousy, because I promised you [in marriage] to one husband, to present [you] [as] a pure virgin to Christ.
Birth, Spiritual
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."
Blessings, Spiritual
John 3:16For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.
Bondage, Spiritual
2 Timothy 2:26and they will come to their senses again [and escape] from the trap of the devil, being held captive by him to [do] his will.
Circumcision, spiritual
Deuteronomy 30:6"And Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your inner self {so that you may live}.
Crowns, Spiritual Use
Isaiah 62:3And you shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh, and a headband of royalty in the hand of your God.
David, Spiritual Significance Of
Acts 2:29"Men [and] brothers, it is possible to speak with confidence to you about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us until this day.
Dividing Spiritual Blessings
Acts 1:17because he was counted among us and received a share in this ministry."
drought, spiritual
Psalm 68:6God settles the lonely in a home; he brings prisoners out into prosperity. But the rebellious abide in a barren land.
equipping, spiritual
Isaiah 61:1-2[The] Spirit of the Lord Yahweh [is] upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me, he has sent me to bring good news [to the] oppressed, to bind up {the brokenhearted}, to {proclaim} release to [the] captives and liberation to those who are bound,
Escaping, Spiritual Things
Genesis 39:10-12And it happened [that] as she spoke to Joseph {day after day}, he did not heed her to lie beside her or to be with her.
Fruit, Spiritual
James 3:13Who [is] wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good behavior his works, with the humility of wisdom.
Fruitfulness, Spiritual
Galatians 5:22-23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Games, Spiritual
1 Corinthians 9:26Therefore I run in this way, not as [running] aimlessly; I box in this way, not as beating the air.
Gifts From God, Spiritual
John 6:32Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven!
Inheritance, Spiritual
Hebrews 1:2in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all [things], through whom also he made the world,
Labor, Spiritual Aspects Of
John 4:38I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have worked, and you have entered into their work."
Land, Spiritual Aspects Of
Genesis 2:8-9And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Leaders, Spiritual
Hebrews 5:4And someone does not take for himself the honor, but is called by God, just as Aaron also [was].
Light, Spiritual
1 John 1:5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light and there [is] no darkness in him at all.
Many Spiritual Beings
Revelation 5:11And I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and of the living creatures and of the elders, and their number was ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands times thousands,
Maturity, Spiritual
Ephesians 4:13-15until we all reach the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to a measure of the maturity of the fullness of Christ,
Not Seeing Spiritual Things
Daniel 10:7And I saw, I, Daniel {alone}, the vision; and the people who were with me {did not see} the vision; nevertheless, a great trembling fell upon them and they fled [in order] to hide themselves.
Origins Of Spiritual Life
John 3:6-8What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Poverty, Spiritual
Matthew 13:58And he did not perform many miracles in that place because of their unbelief.
Predestination, Spiritual Events
Exodus 33:19And he said, "I myself will cause all my goodness to pass over before you, and I will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you, and I will be gracious [to] whom I will be gracious, and I will show compassion [to] whom I will show compassion."
Purity, Moral And Spiritual
Habakkuk 1:13Your eyes [are] too pure to see evil, and you are not able to look at wrongdoing. Why do you look at the treacherous? [Why] are you silent when the wicked swallows up [someone] more righteous than him?
Rejection Of Spiritual Instruction
2 Chronicles 30:10And it happened [that] the runners were passing from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and up to Zebulun, but they were laughing at them and mocking them.
Rest, Spiritual
Lamentations 5:19-22You, O Yahweh, will sit forever [on] your throne for generation to generation.
Resurrection, Spiritual
Ephesians 2:1And you, {although you were dead} in your trespasses and sins,
Riches, Spiritual
Romans 11:33-36Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable [are] his judgments and [how] incomprehensible [are] his ways!
Slavery, Spiritual
John 8:33-36They replied to him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have not been enslaved to anyone at any time. How do you say, 'You will become free'?"
Sleep, Spiritual
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen [are] blind, none of them know. They [are] all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to slumber.
Spiritual Adoption
Exodus 4:22-23And you must say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Israel [is] my son, my firstborn."
Spiritual Allegories
John 10:1-16"Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up at some other place--that one is a thief and a robber.
Spiritual Blindness, Consequences Of
Romans 1:20-22For from the creation of the world, his invisible [attributes], both his eternal power and deity, are discerned clearly, being understood in the things created, so that they are without excuse.
Spiritual Blindness, In Unbelievers
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked ones [is] like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
Spiritual Blindness, Removal Of
2 Corinthians 4:6For God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," [is the one] who has shined in our hearts for the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
Spiritual Blindness, Results Of Sin
Lamentations 4:14They wander blindly in the streets; they were defiled with the blood, their clothes could not be touched.
Spiritual crowns
Isaiah 61:3to {give} for those in mourning in Zion, to give them a head wrap instead of ashes, [the] oil of joy instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a faint spirit. And {they will be called} oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, to show his glory.
Spiritual Darkness
John 11:10But if anyone walks around in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.
Spiritual Dawn
2 Peter 1:19and we possess [as] more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well [if you] pay attention to [it] as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
Spiritual Deafness
2 Timothy 4:4and they will turn away from the hearing of the truth, but will turn to myths.
Spiritual Death
Romans 6:23For the compensation due sin [is] death, but the gift of God [is] eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Spiritual Depths
1 Corinthians 2:10For to us God has revealed [them] through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all [things], even the depths of God.
Spiritual Desires
Isaiah 26:9I desire you [with all] my soul in the night; also I seek you [with] my spirit within me, for when your judgments [are] {upon} the earth, [the] inhabitants of [the] world learn righteousness.
Spiritual Destitution
Matthew 5:3"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual Discernment
2 Kings 4:9She said to her husband, "Please now, I know that he [is] a holy man of God who is passing {our way} regularly;
Spiritual Failure
Matthew 7:27And the rain came down and the rivers came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it collapsed, and its fall was great."
Spiritual Famine,
Amos 8:11-12Look, the days are coming," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread and not a thirst for water, but {of hearing} the words of Yahweh!
Spiritual Famine, Relief Of
Psalm 107:9for he satisfies [the] longing soul, and [the] hungry soul he fills with good.
Spiritual Fathers
1 Corinthians 4:15For if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, yet [you do] not [have] many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I fathered you through the gospel.
Spiritual Foundations
1 Corinthians 3:11For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Fulness
Psalm 23:5You prepare before me a table in the presence of my oppressors. You anoint my head with oil; my cup [is] overflowing.
Spiritual Gifts
1 Corinthians 12:1Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.
Spiritual Gifts, Diversity Of
1 Corinthians 12:4-6Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit,
Spiritual Gifts, Given To Church
Ephesians 4:11And he himself gave some [as] apostles and some [as] prophets and some [as] evangelists and some [as] pastors and teachers
Spiritual Gifts, Importance Of Love
1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a ringing brass gong or a clashing cymbal.
Spiritual Gifts, Purpose Of
1 Corinthians 14:12In this way also you, since you are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek for the edification of the church, in order that you may abound.
Spiritual Gifts, Warnings About
1 Corinthians 14:39So then, my brothers, desire to prophesy, and do not prevent speaking with tongues.
Spiritual Growth
2 Corinthians 9:10Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed, and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow,
Spiritual Harlotry
Hosea 5:4Their deeds do not permit them to return them to God. Because a spirit of whoredom [is] in their midst, they do not know Yahweh.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual Ignorance
1 Corinthians 12:1Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.
Spiritual Illumination
Daniel 5:14And I have heard that a spirit of the gods [is] in you and enlightenment and insight and excellent wisdom was found in you.
Spiritual Immaturity
1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual [people], but as to fleshly [people], as to infants in Christ.
Spiritual Investment
Matthew 6:20but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves do not break in or steal.
Spiritual life
John 6:63The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Spiritual Life, Described By
Romans 6:11So also you, consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Spiritual Life, Maintained By
John 6:57Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, [so] also the one who eats me--that one will live because of me.
Spiritual Life, Nature Of
Psalm 36:9For with you is [the] fountain of life; in your light we see light.
Spiritual Malnutrition
1 Corinthians 3:1-3And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual [people], but as to fleshly [people], as to infants in Christ.
Spiritual Maturity
1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.
Spiritual Mothers
1 Peter 3:6like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become [when you] do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror.
Spiritual Night
1 Thessalonians 5:5for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.
Spiritual Offspring
Galatians 3:29And if you [are] Christ's, then you are descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
Spiritual Perception
Mark 2:8And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning like this within themselves, said to them, "Why are you considering these [things] in your hearts?
Spiritual Progress
Job 17:9But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.
Spiritual Striving
Philippians 1:27Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear {your circumstances}, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Spiritual Treasures
2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in earthenware jars, in order that the extraordinary degree of the power may be from God and not from us.
Spiritual Understanding
Hebrews 13:12-13Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, in order that he might sanctify the people by his own blood.
Spiritual Vitality
2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing
Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:12because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [forces] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].
Spiritual Warfare, Armour
Psalm 28:7-8Yahweh [is] my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him and I am helped. So my heart rejoices, and with my song I will give thanks to him.
Spiritual Warfare, As Conflict
Ephesians 6:12because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [forces] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].
Spiritual Warfare, Causes Of
2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but held [them] captive in Tartarus with chains of darkness [and] handed [them] over to be kept for judgment,
Spiritual Warfare, Enemies In
James 4:4Adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes [himself] an enemy of God.
Strength, Spiritual
Ephesians 6:10Finally, become strong in the Lord and in the might of his strength.
That Which Is Spiritual
John 4:24God [is] spirit, and the ones who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
Victory, Over Spiritual Forces
Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who has been tempted in all [things] in the same way, without sin.
Wardrobe, Spiritual
Romans 13:12The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light.
Weakness, Spiritual
2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in calamities, in persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
