'Thing' in the Bible

So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.

If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.

And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

But if Christ is preached as having risen from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?

If there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then Christ Himself has not risen to life.

and if Christ has not risen, your faith is a vain thing--you are still in your sins.

There are bodies which are celestial and there are bodies which are earthly, but the glory of the celestial ones is one thing, and that of the earthly ones is another.

I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident about all of you that my joy will also be yours.

To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

For against one thing we are on our guard--I mean against blame being thrown upon us in respect to these large and liberal contributions which are under our charge.

For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing.

and God is able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

and even if unlearned in word -- yet not in knowledge, but in every thing we were made manifest in all things to you.

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.

The only thing they kept hearing was this: "The man who used to persecute us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy!"

The only thing they asked us to do was to remember the destitute, the very thing I was eager to do.

I want to learn only one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the actions of the Law or by believing what you heard?

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Do not over-indulge in wine--a thing in which excess is so easy--

Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

praying at all seasons, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching unto this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;

whom I did send unto you for this very thing, that ye might know the things concerning us, and that he might comfort your hearts.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Just one thing: Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, working side by side for the faith that comes from the gospel,

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing -- having the same love -- of one soul -- minding the one thing,

who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

"Do not handle this;" "Do not taste that;" "Do not touch that other thing" --

Whatever you are doing, let your hearts be in your work, as a thing done for the Lord and not for men.

whom I did send unto you for this very thing, that he might know the things concerning you, and might comfort your hearts,

For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.

according as I did exhort thee to remain in Ephesus -- I going on to Macedonia -- that thou mightest charge certain not to teach any other thing,

For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

take heed to thyself, and to the teaching; remain in them, for this thing doing, both thyself thou shalt save, and those hearing thee.

For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either.

O Timotheus, the thing entrusted guard thou, avoiding the profane vain-words and opposition of the falsely-named knowledge,

That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

but we see Jesus, who was made some little inferior to angels on account of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; so that by the grace of God he should taste death for every thing.

and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes -- with whom is our reckoning.

who, unlike other High Priests, is not under the necessity of offering up sacrifices day after day, first for His own sins, and afterwards for those of the people; for this latter thing He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

By faith the people [of Israel] crossed the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; but when the Egyptians attempted it they were drowned.

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

Nevertheless, you are doing the right thing if you obey the royal Law in keeping with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

For where emulation and strife are, there is disorder and every evil thing.

You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and we will do this or that.”

Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.

But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

For it is a fine thing if, when moved by your conscience to please God, you suffer patiently when wronged.

If you do wrong and receive a blow for it, what credit is there in your bearing it patiently? But if when you do right and suffer for it you bear it patiently, this is an acceptable thing with God.

Your adornment ought not to be a merely outward thing--one of plaiting the hair, putting on jewelry, or wearing beautiful dresses.

but -- the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity—for by whatever anyone is defeated and overcome, to that [person, thing, philosophy, or concept] he is continually enslaved.

The thing spoken of in the true proverb has happened to them, “The dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “A sow is washed only to wallow [again] in the mire.”

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.