19 Bible Verses about The Past

whereas he who has not these by him is blind, shortsighted, oblivious that he has been cleansed from his erstwhile sins.

It is quite enough to have done as pagans choose to do, during the time gone by! You used to lead lives of sensuality, lust, carousing, revelry, dissipation and illicit idolatry,

Jesus Christ is always the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever.

In bygone ages he allowed all nations to go their own ways,

There is a new creation whenever a man comes to be in Christ; what is old is gone, the new has come.

It was in this way long ago that the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves. They were submissive to their husbands.

Recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle of suffering,

Once you moved among them, when you lived in them;

Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent,

to press on to the goal for the prize of God's high call in Christ Jesus.

he rescued me from so terrible a death, he rescues still, and I rely upon him for the hope that he will continue to rescue me.

they have failed in the Truth by arguing that the resurrection has taken place already, and they are undermining some people's faith.

and enlighten all men upon the new order of that divine secret which God the Creator of all concealed from eternity ??10 intending to let the full sweep of the divine wisdom be disclosed now by the church to the angelic Rulers and Authorities in the heavenly sphere,

in which you moved as you followed the course of this world, under the sway of the prince of the air ??the spirit which is at present active within those sons of disobedience

to have you recollect the words spoken by the holy prophets beforehand and the command given by your apostles from the Lord and saviour.

by waging the same conflict that, as once you saw and now you hear, I wage myself.

All that is the mere shadow of what is to be; the substance belongs to Christ.