Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Belief » Believing in Christ
"Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.
Christ » Sake, for his » death
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Faith » In Christ is » The gift of God
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
For Christ's sake » death
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Faith
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Faith
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
for Jesus' sake » death
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Privileges of saints » Suffering for Christ
So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
Salvation » Saints » Have a token of, in their patient suffering for Christ
in no way alarmed by your opponents--which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God. For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
Suffering » For Christ
As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
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but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation. If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
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that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;
In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;
and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. read more.
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure; when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.
and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.
For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death works in us, but life in you. But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I BELIEVED, THEREFORE I SPOKE," we also believe, therefore we also speak, read more.
knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow. Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned about you. Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard; read more.
because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was deficient in your service to me.
because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was deficient in your service to me.
therefore, we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure. This is a plain indication of God's righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering.
Suffering » Suffering for jesus Christ
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
Suffering for Christ's sake » Some trials believers may be called upon to endure » death
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » death
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.