'Know' in the Bible

We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does his will.

I'm the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.

My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.

But if I'm doing them, even though you don't believe me, believe the actions, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, he will give it to you."

Martha told him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."

Then Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me."

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, told them, "You don't know anything!

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

And I know that what he commands brings eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me."

I'm not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: "The one who ate bread with me has turned against me.'

This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

You know where I am going, and you know the way."

Thomas asked him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"

If you have known me, you will also know my Father. From now on you know him and have seen him."

"Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?" Jesus asked him. "The person who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, "Show us the Father'?

At that time, you'll know that I am in my Father, that you are in me, and that I am in you.

But I'm doing what the Father has commanded me, to let the world know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us leave this place."

I don't call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn't know what his master is doing. But I've called you friends, because I've made known to you everything that I've heard from my Father.

They will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

They kept saying, "What is this "in a little while' that he keeps talking about? We don't know what he means."

Now we know that you know everything and don't need to have anyone ask you any questions. Because of this, we believe that you have come from God."

And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent Jesus the Messiah.

because the words that you gave me I passed on to them. They have received them and know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.

I am in them, and you are in me. May they be completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me and that you have loved them as you loved me.

Why do you question me? Question those who heard what I said. These are the people who know what I said."

Pilate went outside again and told the Jews, "Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him."

So she ran off and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus kept loving. She told them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"

They asked her, "Lady, why are you crying?" She told them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don't know where they have put him."

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs."

Then he asked him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."

Jesus told him, "Take care of my sheep." He asked him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was deeply hurt that he had asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" So he told him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you!"

This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them down. We know that his testimony is true.

He answered them, "It isn't for you to know what times or periods the Father has fixed by his own authority.

Then they prayed, "Lord, you know the hearts of all people. Show us which one of these two men you have chosen

"Fellow Israelis, listen to these words: Jesus from Nazareth was a man authenticated to you by God through miracles, wonders, and signs that God performed through him among you, as you yourselves know.

It is his name that is, by faith in his name that has healed this man whom you see and know. Yes, the faith that comes through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.

"And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance like your leaders.

They told Aaron, "Make gods for us who will lead us. This Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt we don't know what happened to him!'

While Peter was still at a loss to know what the vision he had seen could mean, the men sent by Cornelius asked for Simon's house and went to the gate.

You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached.

After a lengthy debate, Peter stood up and told them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days, God chose me to be the one among you through whom the gentiles would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

Then they took him, brought him before the Areopagus, and asked, "May we know what this new teaching of yours is?

It sounds rather strange to our ears, and we would like to know what it means."

But the evil spirit told them, "Jesus I know, and I am getting acquainted with Paul, but who are you?"

He called a meeting of these men and others who were engaged in similar trades and said, "Men, you well know that we get a good income from this business.

Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, since the crowd was confused, and most of them didn't know why they were meeting.

When the city recorder had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who in the world doesn't know that this city of Ephesus is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell down from heaven?

When they came to him, he told them, "You know how I lived among you the entire time from the first day I set foot in Asia.

"Now I know that none of you among whom I traveled preaching about the kingdom will ever see my face again.

I know that when I'm gone, savage wolves will come among you and not spare the flock.

You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who were with me.

Take these men, go through the purification ceremony with them, and pay their expenses to shave their heads. Then everyone will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you are carefully observing and keeping the Law.

"Then he said, "The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear his own voice,

"I said, "Lord, they themselves know that in every synagogue I kept imprisoning and beating those who believe in you.

I wanted to know the exact charge they were making against him, so I had him brought before their Council.

"Since I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I am pleased to present my defense. You can verify for yourself that I went up to worship in Jerusalem no more than twelve days ago.

But Paul said, "I am standing before the emperor's judgment seat where I ought to be tried. I haven't done anything wrong to the Jewish leaders, as you know very well.

All the Jews know how I lived from the earliest days of my youth with my own people and in Jerusalem.

King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you believe them!"

Although they know God's just requirement that those who practice such things deserve to die they not only do these things but even applaud others who practice them.

Now we know that God's judgment against those who act like this is based on truth.

and know his will, and approve of what is best because you have been instructed in the Law;

Now we know that whatever the Law says applies to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into union with the Messiah Jesus were baptized into his death?

We know that our old natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.

for we know that the Messiah, who was raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Don't you realize, brothers for I am speaking to people who know the Law that the Law can press its claims over a person only as long as he is alive?

For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am merely human, sold as a slave to sin.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out.

For we know that all the rest of creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, since we do not know how to pray as we should. But the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words,

And we know that for those who love God, that is, for those who are called according to his purpose, all things are working together for good.

God has not rejected his people whom he chose long ago. Do you not know what the Scripture says in the story about Elijah, when he pleads with God against Israel?

For I want to let you know about this secret, brothers, so that you will not claim to be wiser than you are: Stubbornness has come to part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles comes to faith.

This is necessary because you know the times it's already time for you to wake up from sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we became believers.

I know and have been persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in and of itself, but it is unclean to a person who thinks it is unclean.

And I know that when I come to you I will come with the full blessing of the Messiah.

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe through the nonsense of our preaching.

For while I was with you I resolved to know nothing except Jesus the Messiah, and him crucified.

Is there anyone who can understand his own thoughts except his own inner spirit? In the same way, no one can know the thoughts of God except God's Spirit.

You know that you are God's sanctuary and that God's Spirit lives in you, don't you?

Your boasting is not good. You know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough, don't you?

You know that the saints will rule the world, don't you? And if the world is going to be ruled by you, can't you handle insignificant cases?

You know that we will rule angels, not to mention things in this life, don't you?

You know that wicked people will not inherit the kingdom of God, don't you? Stop deceiving yourselves! Sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals,

You know that your bodies belong to the Messiah, don't you? Should I take what belongs to the Messiah and unite them with a prostitute? Certainly not!

You know that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her, don't you? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don't you? You do not belong to yourselves,

Now concerning food offered to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

If anyone thinks he really knows something, he has not yet learned it as he ought to know it.

Now concerning eating food offered to idols: We know that no idol is real in this world and that there is only one God.

For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you, who know better, eating in an idol's temple, he will be encouraged to eat what has been offered to idols, won't he?

You know that those who work in the Temple get their food from the Temple and that those who serve at the altar get their share of its offerings, don't you?

You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.

You know that when you were unbelievers, you were enticed and led astray to worship idols that couldn't even speak.

For what we know is incomplete and what we prophesy is incomplete.

Now we see only an indistinct image in a mirror, but then we will be face to face. Now what I know is incomplete, but then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.