23 occurrences

'Certainly' in the Bible

After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them too; for even your [Galilean] accent gives you away.”

Verse ConceptsStandingThings RevealedNervousnessSpeech

Once the head of the house gets up and closes the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door [again and again], saying, ‘Lord, open to us!’ then He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you are from [for you are not of My household].’

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeDelay, Examples OfThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersShutting DoorsKnockingNot Knowing PeopleWhere From?Relationships With Boyfriend

but He will say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from; depart from Me, all you evildoers!’

Verse ConceptsEvildoersChrist Driving Out PeopleNot Knowing PeopleGod Judges The WickedWhere From?

And when he learned that He belonged to the jurisdiction of Herod [Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee], he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

Verse ConceptsTetrarchHuman Authority, Nature Ofassertiveness

Listening to these words, some of the people said, “This is certainly the Prophet!”

Verse ConceptsMediationMessianic Titles, The ProphetJesus The Prophet

So Pilate said to Him, “Then You are a King?” Jesus answered, “You say [correctly] that I am a King. This is why I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth [who is a friend of the truth and belongs to the truth] hears and listens carefully to My voice.”

Verse ConceptsMission, Of Jesus ChristWitnessing, Importance OfJesus Christ, KingThe Witness Of ChristAssentingPerforming The TruthWho Is Jesus?Why It HappenedGod's Word Is TrueTelling The Truth

Opening his mouth, Peter said:“Most certainly I understand now that God is not one to show partiality [to people as though Gentiles were excluded from God’s blessing],

Verse ConceptsequalityCircumcision, spiritualBeing FairPeter, Preacher And TeacherPrejudiceFear Of The LordGod, Impartiality OfSpiritual PerceptionFavoritismAge DiscriminationPerspectivediscrimination

Do we then nullify the Law by this faith [making the Law of no effect, overthrowing it]? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law [since it convicts us all of sin, pointing to the need for salvation].

Verse ConceptsAbolitionFulfilling The LawKeeping Faithlaw

Certainly not! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer?

Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsBehaviourSelf DenialDead To SinContinuing In SinFar Be It!

What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, if it had not been for the Law, I would not have recognized sin. For I would not have known [for example] about coveting [what belongs to another, and would have had no sense of guilt] if the Law had not [repeatedly] said, “You shall not covet.”

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstethics, and graceHeart, Fallen And RedeemedJustice, In Believers' LivesKnowledge, Of SinKnowledge Of Good And EvilLaw, Purpose OfLaw, Ten CommandmentsMind, Of GodPopularityEffect Of The LawExcellent LawFar Be It!No SinThe Entrance Of SinCovetousnesslaw

Did that which is good [the Law], then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order that it might be revealed as sin, was producing death in me by [using] this good thing [as a weapon], so that through the commandment sin would become exceedingly sinful.

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstSin Producing DeathGood WordsEffect Of The LawFar Be It!Sin Produces DeathThe Entrance Of SinLegallaw

What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Certainly not!

Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeFar Be It!Is God Unjust?Injustice

Or does He speak entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake: The plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the harvest.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededHope, Nature OfPloughingCultivationPloughmenOther Scriptures FulfilledSharing Material ThingsFor The Sake Of God's People

What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and humiliate those [impoverished believers] who have nothing? What will I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? In this I will not praise you!

Verse ConceptsSacrilegeLiving In HousesShaming PeopleEating And DrinkingNot Helping The PoorThe Church UniversalAlcoholic BeveragesChurch Of GodGoing To Churchcommunion

But now [as things really are] there are many parts [different limbs and organs], but a single body.

Verse ConceptsBodily LimbsOne ChurchThe BodyBeing Different

Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a system of law had been given which could impart life, then righteousness (right standing with God) would actually have been based on law.

Verse ConceptsLaw, Purpose OfSalvation Not By WorksGod OpposingFar Be It!God's Promise To AbrahamJustified By WorksLife Through Keeping The Law

But I say, walk habitually in the [Holy] Spirit [seek Him and be responsive to His guidance], and then you will certainly not carry out the desire of the sinful nature [which responds impulsively without regard for God and His precepts].

Verse ConceptsWalking In The TruthFaultsAvoiding Sinethics, and graceBehaviourDependenceWalking In The SpiritReceptivenessSelf DenialSelf IndulgenceDrugs, Illegal NarcoticsLiving Not For The MaterialEvil DesiresConditions Of Fruit-bearingWalking In LoveHuman Nature, Overcoming

Now Moses was faithful in [the administration of] all God’s house, [but only] as a ministering servant, [his ministry serving] as a testimony of the things which were to be spoken afterward [the revelation to come in Christ];

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfBusiness, ExamplesMinistry, Nature OfMoses, Significance OfPredictionsReliabilityServanthood, In Life Of BelieversServants Of The LordFidelityScriptures Bearing Witness To ChristGod's FaithfulnessConfidence And Self Esteemservanthoodtestimony

saying, “I will surely bless you and I will surely multiply you.”

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingGod Multipling PeopleGod Will BlessBlessing Others

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