'Person' in the Bible
Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner.”
Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.
For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales
Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives?
Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.
But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a one.
Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present.
For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short while—in person, not in spirit—were all the more eager with great desire to see your face.
yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—
I have sent him back to you in person, that is, sending my very heart,
that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.
seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.
Bible Theasaurus
- Individual (61 instances)
- Mortal (60 instances)
- Person (1336 instances)
- Somebody (34 instances)
- Someone (466 instances)
- Soul (577 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
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