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'Need' in the Bible

[You behave as if] you are already filled [with spiritual wisdom and in need of nothing more]. Already you have become rich [in spiritual gifts]! You [in your conceit] have ascended your thrones and become kings without us; and how I wish [that it were true and] that you did reign as kings, so that we might reign with you.

Verse ConceptsComplacencyExaggerationsBitingFilling PeopleAuthority Of DisciplesGetting Rich

not meaning the immoral people of this world, or the greedy ones and swindlers, or idolaters, for then you would have to get out of the world and human society altogether!

Verse ConceptsGreed, Condemnation OfExtortionNature Of IdolatryGreedSexual ImmoralitySexual Puritycheaters

But if any man thinks that he is not acting properly and honorably toward his virgin daughter, [by not permitting her to marry], if she is past her youth, and it must be so, let him do as he wishes, he does not sin; let her marry.

Verse ConceptsVirginMarriage AllowedPassionSame Sex Marriagecouplesactingvirginity

Therefore, my beloved, run [keep far, far away] from [any sort of] idolatry [and that includes loving anything more than God, or participating in anything that leads to sin and enslaves the soul].

Verse ConceptsPagan GodsAvoiding SinMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinReformationIdolsAmusements, Evil ResultsAvoiding EvilIdolatryAvoiding IdolatryAncestral Worshipshunning

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

Verse ConceptsUniquenessMan's NeedsEyesWomen's RolesNot Being AloneThe Bodyconnection

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