24 Bible Verses about The scriptures

and, after the reading of the Law and the prophets, the presidents of the synagogue sent to tell them, "Brothers, if you have any word of counsel for the people, say it."

First and foremost, I passed on to you what I had myself received, namely, that Christ died for our sins as the scriptures had said,

You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages ??and they do testify to me ??40 but you refuse to come to me for life.

All the prophets testify that everyone who believes in him is to receive remission of sins through his Name."

for he publicly refuted the Jews with might and main, showing from the scriptures that the messiah was Jesus.

remember you have known from childhood the sacred writings that can impart saving wisdom by faith in Christ Jesus.

He answered, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone, but on every word that issues from the mouth of God."

Then Jesus told him, "Begone, Satan! it is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone."

Jesus said to him, "It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear and who observe the word of God!"

Now, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts upon them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

Act on the Word, instead of merely listening to it and deluding yourselves.

"My brothers," said he, "it had to be fulfilled, that scripture which the holy Spirit uttered beforehand by the lips of David with regard to Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.

for prophecy never came by human impulse, it was when carried away by the holy Spirit that the holy men of God spoke.

Therefore, as the holy Spirit says, To-day, when you hear his voice,

But he answered, "My mother and brothers are those who listen to the word of God and obey it."

I have made thy Name known to the men whom thou hast given to me from the world (thine they were, and thou gavest them to me), and they have held to thy word.

He answered, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone, but on every word that issues from the mouth of God."

Does not scripture say it is from the offspring of David, from David's village of Bethlehem, that the Christ is to come?"

Have you not even read this scripture? ??The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner:

However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of his own accord, he will say whatever he is told, and he will disclose to you what is to come.

And God has revealed it to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit fathoms everything, even the depths of God. What human being can understand the thoughts of a man, except the man's own inner spirit? So too no one understands the thoughts of God, except the Spirit of God. Now we have received the Spirit ??not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may understand what God bestows upon us. read more.
And this is what we discuss, using language taught by no human wisdom but by the Spirit. We interpret what is spiritual in spiritual language. The unspiritual man rejects these truths of the Spirit of God; to him they are 'sheer folly,' he cannot understand them. And the reason is, that they must be read with the spiritual eye.

It all happened to them by way of warning for others, and it was written down for the purpose of instructing us whose lot has been cast in the closing hours of the world.

so that, as it is written, let him who boasts boast of the Lord.

and if anyone removes any words written in this book, God will remove his share in the tree of Life and in the holy City described in this book."]

Whereas a curse rests on all who rely upon obedience to the Law; for it is written, Cursed is everyone who does not hold by all that is written in the book of the law, to perform it.

He answered, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone, but on every word that issues from the mouth of God."

What gives life is the Spirit: flesh is of no avail at all. The words I have uttered to you are spirit and life.

and he has further qualified me to be the minister of a new covenant ??a covenant not of written law but of spirit; for the written law kills but the Spirit makes alive.

and thus we have gained fresh confirmation of the prophetic word. Pray attend to that word; it shines like a lamp within a darksome spot, till the Day dawns and the daystar rises within your hearts ??20 understanding this, at the outset, that no prophetic scripture allows a man to interpret it by himself;

remember you have known from childhood the sacred writings that can impart saving wisdom by faith in Christ Jesus.

(which he promised of old by his prophets in the holy scriptures)

Like newly-born children, thirst for the pure, spiritual milk to make you grow up to salvation.

so clear away all the foul rank growth of malice, and make a soil of modesty for the Word which roots itself inwardly with power to save your souls. Act on the Word, instead of merely listening to it and deluding yourselves. For whoever listens and does nothing, is like a man who glances at his natural face in a mirror;

to consecrate her by cleansing her in the bath of baptism as she utters her confession,

Consecrate them by thy truth: thy word is truth.

to consecrate her by cleansing her in the bath of baptism as she utters her confession,

You are already clean, by the word I have spoken to you.

Consecrate them by thy truth: thy word is truth.

The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their rulers, by condemning him in their ignorance, fulfilled the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath;

Jesus answered them, "You go wrong because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

Much in every way. This to begin with ??Jews were entrusted with the scriptures of God.

If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.

For the Logos of God is a living thing, active and more cutting than any sword with double edge, penetrating to the very division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow ??scrutinizing the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart.

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear and who observe the word of God!"

It was his own will that we should be born by the Word of the truth, to be a kind of firstfruits among his creatures.

You are born anew of immortal, not of mortal seed, by the living, lasting word of God;

where the people were more amenable than at Thessalonica; they were perfectly ready to receive the Word and made a daily study of the scriptures to see if it was really as Paul said.

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear and who observe the word of God!"

Whereas he who gazes into the faultless law of freedom and remains in that position, proving himself to be no forgetful listener but an active agent, he will be blessed in his activity.

He said to him, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, not even if one rose from the dead."

'They have got Moses and the prophets,' said Abraham, 'they can listen to them.'

We thank God constantly for this too, that when you received the word of the divine message from us, you took it not as a human word but for what it really is, the word of God. It proves effective in you believers,

You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages ??and they do testify to me ??40 but you refuse to come to me for life.

They answered him, "And are you from Galilee, too? Search and you will see that no prophet ever springs from Galilee."

We thank God constantly for this too, that when you received the word of the divine message from us, you took it not as a human word but for what it really is, the word of God. It proves effective in you believers,

[I adjure all who hear the words of the prophecy of this book: "If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book; and if anyone removes any words written in this book, God will remove his share in the tree of Life and in the holy City described in this book."]

I am, for I am not like most, adulterating the word of God; like a man of sincerity, like a man of God, I speak the word in Christ before the very presence of God.

And this is what we discuss, using language taught by no human wisdom but by the Spirit. We interpret what is spiritual in spiritual language.

I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God.

All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for amendment, and for moral discipline, to make the man of God proficient and equip him for good work of every kind.

Let the inspiration of Christ dwell in your midst with all its wealth of wisdom; teach and train one another with the music of psalms, with hymns, and songs of the spiritual life; praise God with thankful hearts.

Let the inspiration of Christ dwell in your midst with all its wealth of wisdom; teach and train one another with the music of psalms, with hymns, and songs of the spiritual life; praise God with thankful hearts.

and thus we have gained fresh confirmation of the prophetic word. Pray attend to that word; it shines like a lamp within a darksome spot, till the Day dawns and the daystar rises within your hearts ??20 understanding this, at the outset, that no prophetic scripture allows a man to interpret it by himself; for prophecy never came by human impulse, it was when carried away by the holy Spirit that the holy men of God spoke.

put on salvation as your helmet, and take the Spirit as your sword (that is, the word of God),

remember you have known from childhood the sacred writings that can impart saving wisdom by faith in Christ Jesus.

remember you have known from childhood the sacred writings that can impart saving wisdom by faith in Christ Jesus.

All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for amendment, and for moral discipline,

For the Logos of God is a living thing, active and more cutting than any sword with double edge, penetrating to the very division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow ??scrutinizing the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart.

speaking of this as he has done in all his letters ??letters containing some knotty points, which ignorant and unsteady souls twist (as they do the rest of the scriptures) to their own destruction.

If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.

has now been disclosed and made known on the basis of the prophetic scriptures (by command of the eternal God) to all the Gentiles for their obedience to the faith ??27 to the only wise God be glory through Jesus Christ for ever and ever: Amen.]

Like newly-born children, thirst for the pure, spiritual milk to make you grow up to salvation.

Yes, forsooth," he added, "you set aside what God commands, so as to maintain your own tradition. Thus, Moses said, Honour your father and mother, and, He who curses his father or mother is to suffer death. But you say that if a man tells his father or mother, 'This money might have been at your service, but it is Korban' (that is, dedicated to God), read more.
he is exempt, so you hold, from doing anything for his father or mother. That is repealing the word of God in the interests of the tradition which you keep up. And you do many things like that."

a stone over which men stumble and a rock of offence; they stumble over it in their disobedience to God's word. Such is their appointed doom.

It was his own will that we should be born by the Word of the truth, to be a kind of firstfruits among his creatures.

And now I entrust you to God and the word of his grace; he is able to upbuild you and give you your inheritance among all the consecrated.

but these Signs are recorded so that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and believing may have life through his Name.

so clear away all the foul rank growth of malice, and make a soil of modesty for the Word which roots itself inwardly with power to save your souls.

where the people were more amenable than at Thessalonica; they were perfectly ready to receive the Word and made a daily study of the scriptures to see if it was really as Paul said.

Act on the Word, instead of merely listening to it and deluding yourselves.

(which he promised of old by his prophets in the holy scriptures)

where the people were more amenable than at Thessalonica; they were perfectly ready to receive the Word and made a daily study of the scriptures to see if it was really as Paul said.

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.

Much in every way. This to begin with ??Jews were entrusted with the scriptures of God.

Then he began with Moses and all the prophets and interpreted to them the passages referring to himself throughout the scriptures.

and when the disciples recalled what he had said, after he had been raised from the dead, they believed the scripture and the word of Jesus.