'Know' in the Bible
Test yourselves to discover whether you are true believers: put your own selves under examination. Or do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you, unless you are insincere?
know that it is not through obedience to Law that a man can be declared free from guilt, but only through faith in Jesus Christ. We have therefore believed in Christ Jesus, for the purpose of being declared free from guilt, through faith in Christ and not through obedience to Law. For through obedience to Law no human being shall be declared free from guilt.
Now, however, having come to know God--or rather to be known by Him--how is it you are again turning back to weak and worthless rudimentary notions to which you are once more willing to be enslaved?
And you know that in those early days it was on account of bodily infirmity that I proclaimed the Good News to you,
Now you know full well the doings of our lower natures. Fornication, impurity, indecency, idol-worship, sorcery;
the eyes of your understanding being enlightened so that you may know what is the hope which His call to you inspires, what the wealth of the glory of His inheritance in God's people,
You well know that whatever right thing any one does, he will receive a requital for it from the Lord, whether he is a slave or a free man.
And you masters, act towards your slaves on the same principles, and refrain from threats. For you know that in Heaven there is One who is your Master as well as theirs, and that merely earthly distinctions there are none with Him.
But in order that you also may know how I am doing, Tychicus our dearly-loved brother and faithful helper in the Lord's service will tell you everything.
I have sent him to you for the very purpose--that you may know about us and that he may encourage you.
Now I would have you know, brethren, that what I have gone through has turned out to the furtherance of the Good News rather than otherwise.
For I know that it will result in my salvation through your prayers and a bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
I am convinced of this, and I know that I shall remain, and shall go on working side by side with you all, to promote your progress and joy in the faith;
Only let the lives you live be worthy of the Good News of the Christ, in order that, whether I come and see you or, being absent, only hear of you, I may know that you are standing fast in one spirit and with one mind, fighting shoulder to shoulder for the faith of the Good News.
But you know Timothy's approved worth--how, like a child working with his father, he has served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
I long to know Christ and the power which is in His resurrection, and to share in His sufferings and die even as He died;
I know both how to live in humble circumstances and how to live amid abundance. I am fully initiated into all the mysteries both of fulness and of hunger, of abundance and of want.
And you men and women of Philippi also know that at the first preaching of the Good News, when I had left Macedonia, no other Church except yourselves held communication with me about giving and receiving;
For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,
For I would have you know in how severe a struggle I am engaged on behalf of you and the brethren in Laodicea and of all who have not known me personally,
For you know that it is from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. Christ is the Master whose bondservants you are.
Let your language be always seasoned with the salt of grace, so that you may know how to give every man a fitting answer.
And for this very purpose I send him to you that you may know how we are faring; and that he may cheer your hearts.
The Good News that we brought you did not come to you in words only, but also with power and with the Holy Spirit and with much certainty, for you know the sort of men we became among you, as examples for your sakes.
For you yourselves, brethren, know that our visit to you did not fail of its purpose.
For you know that we acted towards every one of you as a father does towards his own children, encouraging and cheering you,
that none of you might be unnerved by your present trials: for you yourselves know that they are our appointed lot.
For even when we were with you, we forewarned you, saying, "We are soon to suffer affliction;" and this actually happened, as you well know.
For this reason I also, when I could no longer endure the uncertainty, sent to know the condition of your faith, lest perchance the Tempter might have tempted you and our labour have been lost.
For you know the commands which we laid upon you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
that each man among you shall know how to procure a wife who shall be his own in purity and honour;
For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
And now you know what restrains him, in order that his true character may be revealed at his appointed time.
For you yourselves know that it is your duty to follow our example. There was no disorder in our lives among you,
Now we know that the Law is good, if a man uses it in the way it should be used,
(If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he have the Church of God given into his care?)
That indeed is the reason why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know in whom my trust reposes, and I am confident that He has it in His power to keep what I have entrusted to Him safe until that day.
And you yourself well know all the services which he rendered me in Ephesus.
and the persecutions and sufferings which I have endured; the things which happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. You know the persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all.
They profess to know God; but in their actions they disown Him, and are detestable and disobedient men, and for any good work are utterly useless.
for, as you know, a man of that description has turned aside from the right path and is a sinner self-condemned.
I write to you in the full confidence that you will meet my wishes, for I know you will do even more than I say.
But, as we know, a writer has solemnly said, "How poor a creature is man, and yet Thou dost remember him, and a son of man, and yet Thou dost come to him!
Therefore I was greatly grieved with that generation, and I said, 'They are ever going astray in heart, and have not learnt to know My paths.'
For, as we know, when speaking of the seventh day He has used the words, "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works;"
And there shall be no need for them to teach each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother, saying, Know the Lord. For all will know Me from the least of them to the greatest;
For we know who it is that has said, "Vengeance belongs to Me: I will pay back;" and again, "The Lord will be His people's judge."
For you know that even afterwards, when he wished to secure the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no opportunity for undoing what he had done, though he sought the blessing earnestly with tears.
You know this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry.
Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.
You unfaithful women, do you not know that friendship with the world means enmity to God? Therefore whoever is bent on being friendly with the world makes himself an enemy to God.
when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more.
let him know that he who brings a sinner back from his evil ways will save the man's soul from death and throw a veil over a multitude of sins.
They were eager to know the time which the Spirit of Christ within them kept indicating, or the characteristics of that time, when they solemnly made known beforehand the sufferings that were to come upon Christ and the glories which would follow.
For this reason I shall always persist in reminding you of these things, although you know them and are stedfast believers in truth which you already possess.
For I know that the time for me to lay aside my body is now rapidly drawing near, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has revealed to me.
And by this we may know that we know Him--if we obey His commands.
He who professes to know Him, and yet does not obey His commands, is a liar, and the truth has no place in his heart.
But whoever obeys His Message, in him love for God has in very deed reached perfection. By this we can know that we are in Him.
But he who hates his brother man is in darkness and is walking in darkness; and he does not know where he is going--because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the very beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the very beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong and God's Message still has a place in your hearts, and you have overcome the Evil one.
Dear children, the last hour has come; and as you once heard that there was to be an anti-Christ, so even now many anti-Christs have appeared. By this we may know that the last hour has come.
I have written to you, not because you are ignorant of the truth, but because you know it, and you know that nothing false comes from the truth.
Since you know that He is righteous, be assured also that the man who habitually acts righteously is a child of His.
Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.
And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
As for us, we know that we have already passed out of death into Life--because we love our brother men. He who is destitute of love continues dead.
Every one who hates his brother man is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has the Life of the Ages continuing in him.
We know what love is--through Christ's having laid down His life on our behalf; and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men.
And in this way we shall come to know that we are loyal to the truth, and shall satisfy our consciences in His presence
The man who obeys His commands continues in union with God, and God continues in union with him; and through His Spirit whom He has given us we can know that He continues in union with us.
The man who is beginning to know God listens to us, but he who is not a child of God does not listen to us. By this test we can distinguish the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error.
Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God.
We can know that we are continuing in union with Him and that He is continuing in union with us, by the fact that He has given us a portion of His Spirit.
And, as for us, we know the love which God has for us, and we confide in it. God is love, and he who continues to love continues in union with God, and God continues in union with him.
I write all this to you in order that you who believe in the Son of God may know for certain that you already have the Life of the Ages.
And since we know that He listens to us, then whatever we ask, we know that we have the things which we have asked from Him.
We know that no one who is a child of God lives in sin, but He who is God's Child keeps him, and the Evil one cannot touch him.
We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the Evil one.
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we know the true One, and are in union with the true One--that is, we are in union with His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the Life of the Ages.
The Elder to the elect lady and her children. Truly I love you all, and not I alone, but also all who know the truth,
The character of Demetrius has the approval of all men, and of the truth itself. We also express our approval of it, and you know that we only give our approval to that which is true.
Yet these men are abusive in matters of which they know nothing, and in things which, like the brutes, they understand instinctively--in all these they corrupt themselves.
I know your doings and your toil and patient suffering. And I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, but have put to the test those who say that they themselves are Apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars.
Your sufferings I know, and your poverty--but you are rich--and the evil name given you by those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but are Satan's synagogue.
"To the minister of the Church at Pergamum write as follows: "'This is what He who has the sharp, two-edged sword says. I know where you dwell.
I know your doings, your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance; and that of late you have toiled harder than you did at first.
Her children too shall surely die; and all the Churches shall come to know that I am He who searches into men's inmost thoughts; and to each of you I will give a requital which shall be in accordance with what your conduct has been.
"To the minister of the Church at Sardis write as follows: "'This is what He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says. I know your doings--you are supposed to be alive, but in reality you are dead.
Be mindful, therefore, of the lessons you have received and heard. Continually lay them to heart, and repent. If, however, you fail to rouse yourself and keep awake, I shall come upon you suddenly like a thief, and you will certainly not know the hour at which I shall come to judge you.
I know your doings. I have put an opened door in front of you, which no one can shut; because you have but a little power, and yet you have guarded My word and have not disowned Me.
I will cause some belonging to Satan's synagogue who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but are liars--I will make them come and fall at your feet and know for certain that I have loved you.
I know your doings--you are neither cold nor hot; I would that you were cold or hot!
You say, I am rich, and have wealth stored up, and I stand in need of nothing; and you do not know that if there is a wretched creature it is *you* -- pitiable, poor, blind, naked.
"My lord, you know," I replied. "They are those," he said, "who have just passed through the great distress, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
She has freely glorified herself and revelled in luxury; equally freely administer torment to her, and woe. For in her heart she boasts, saying, 'I sit enthroned as Queen: no widow am I: I shall never know sorrow.'
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