'Able' in the Bible

and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus *said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They *said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”

Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”

But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They *said to Him, “We are able.”

No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.

and said, “This man stated, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’”

If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain;

And His disciples answered Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”

But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.

But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

They said to Him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you shall drink; and you shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized.

Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

“Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,

saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’

for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.

My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found fighting against God.”

Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

ordering his accusers to come before you.] By examining him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to ascertain the things of which we accuse him.”

Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship’s boat under control.

and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.

because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able also to admonish one another.

Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able,

I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren,

Were you called while a slave? Do not worry about it; but if you are able also to become free, rather do that.

No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law.

may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,

always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.

For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.

So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.

Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back as a type.

Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.

For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?

And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind.

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,

And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it.

for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?”

and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.