13 occurrences

'Bearing' in the Bible

But they will inflict all this suffering upon you on account of your bearing my name--because they do not know Him who sent me.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of believersGod, Revelation OfIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToThe One Who Sent ChristReasons Why The World Hates ChristiansPersecution

For as I passed along and observed the things you worship, I found also an altar bearing the inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' "The Being, therefore, whom you, without knowing Him, revere, Him I now proclaim to you.

Verse ConceptsAmbassadorsGod, Revelation OfIgnorance, Of GodInscriptionsOpportunities, And SalvationSuperstitionPolytheismUnknown GodsHow Not To WorshipIgnorance of GodEclipseignorancedevotion

But now a righteousness coming from God has been brought to light apart from any Law, both Law and Prophets bearing witness to it--

Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfRighteousness, As FaithImputed RighteousnessWitness To The GospelWithout The LawWritten In The ProphetsGrace Verse LawWitnessing

But what I meant was that you were not to associate with any one bearing the name of "brother," if he was addicted to fornication or avarice or idol-worship or abusive language or hard-drinking or greed of gain. With such a man you ought not even to eat.

Verse ConceptsBad CompanyAlcoholGreed, Believers' Response ToBad FriendsFellowship With WickedSexual ChastityCorrecting A BrotherGood AssoiciatesWarnings Of Evil AssociationsAvoid ImmoralityAvoiding IdolatryNo DealingsAbusive RelationshipsAddictionCovetousnesssexGreedSexual Immoralitydrunkards

Nay more, we are actually being discovered to be bearing false witness about God, because we have testified that God raised Christ to life, whom He did not raise, if in reality none of the dead are raised.

Verse ConceptsAre The Dead Raised?Christ Would Risereality

In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties--for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Verse ConceptsInsultsPersecution, Nature OfWeakness, SpiritualInfirmitiesSuffering For Christ's SakeGod Giving StrengthGod Gives StrengthHard TasksGrace Being SufficientPersecutionWeaknessStaying Strong During Hard TimesHardship

Be carefully on your guard lest there be any one who falls back from the grace of God; lest any root bearing bitter fruit spring up and cause trouble among you, and through it the whole brotherhood be defiled;

Verse ConceptsBeing BitterDefilement, Objects OfGrace, And Christian LifeResentment, Against PeopleRootsSanctification, Means And ResultsConflict ResolutionPeople Being PollutedThe Grace Given To MenDefilementCauses of failure inBitternesscancer

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