50 occurrences

'Commandment' in the Bible

And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTOrthodoxy, In NtFor The Sake Of ThingsWhy Do You Do This?Breaking God's Lawdisobedience

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

Verse ConceptsGreat Things

Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTForsaking God's ThingsMan's Teachingculture

And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NT

But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

Verse Conceptsdivorce, amongst believersHardness Of Heart

And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstQuestioning ChristAnsweringFulfilling The LawGreat ThingsMoralityimportance

But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Verse ConceptsGoatsAction For A Long TimeEating Drinking And RejoicingObeying People

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalLord's Day, TheOintment

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTArresting Christ

And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Relation To FatherLife By God's WordThe Fathereternity

but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Relation To FatherGet Up!Interaction Of Father And SonLove Between Father And SonWe ObeyFathers Love

until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly Ministryelection, responsibilities ofChosen DisciplesChrist's Orders

Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment;

Verse ConceptsHeresyMen's OrdersTroubling Groups Of People

But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofPaul, Life Of

but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin is dead.

Verse ConceptsLicentiousnessdesiresGreed, Condemnation OfSelf IndulgenceSpiritually DeadRight Time For The DevilEffect Of The LawCovetousnessOpportunity

and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:

Verse ConceptsSpiritually DeadEffect Of The LawLife Through Keeping The Law

Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; --that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstSin Producing DeathGood WordsEffect Of The LawFar Be It!Sin Produces DeathThe Entrance Of SinLegallaw

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Verse ConceptsGreed, Believers' Response ToMurderSanctity Of LifeStealingCovetousness, Nature ofAcceptance, Of One AnotherConcisenessAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealLove Your Neighbour!Eighth CommandmentLoving Yourself

but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith:

Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature Ofeternity, nature ofGod, Unity OfKnowing God, Effects OfSecret ThingsObeying The GospelThe Gospel To The NationsWritten In The Prophets

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

Verse ConceptsMen's Orders

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfOpinionsReceiving God's MercyGod's OrdersBeing Singlevirginity

If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him take knowledge of the things which I write unto you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTethics, basis ofSpiritual Gifts, Warnings AboutLiving Not For The MaterialChrist's OrdersSpecial RevelationPositive Thinkingrecognition

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

Verse ConceptsGenuinenessLove, Nature OfSincerity, In Christian LivingComparisonsSincereityLove Exists Between PeopleMen's OrdersTests

but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTPreaching, Importance OfStewardshipA Time Of SalvationEntrustingGod's Things RevealedGod's OrdersTrinityWork EthicSeasons Changingspringtime

And they indeed of the sons of Levi that receive the priest's office have commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham:

Verse ConceptsTithesBringing In The Tithe

who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Eternity OfGod, Power OfChrist's Life

For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness

Verse ConceptsLaws, AbolishedAnnulmentUseless Words

For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

Verse ConceptsCrimsonBranches, Types OfSprinklingWoolRed MaterialSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Verse ConceptsBonesExamples Of FaithExhumationsDeparturesNearness Of DeathExploits Of FaithDeath Will Soon HappenExodus

Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.

Verse ConceptsBeginningBeginning Of SalvationOld ThingsChrist's Ordersa new beginningcommandments

Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

Verse ConceptsDarkness, Deliverance FromLight, SpiritualMorningScripture, Purpose OfTheologySpiritual DawnThe Light Of ChristComing Out Of DarknessChrist's OrdersGod's Word Is True

I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.

Verse ConceptsThe FatherReciprocity

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

Verse ConceptsBrotherly LoveChrist's OrdersLove Fellow Christians!Loving One Another

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Commandment (219 instances)
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