--Afterlife--
Luke 20:35 Only single people are eligible for resurrection
"but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage"
2 Corinthians 5:8 death is better than life
"Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord."
2 Corinthians 5:10 do what the church says, you will be judged when you die for it
"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil."
Philippians 1:23 Death is better than life, I wish I was dead
"I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better."
1 Timothy 2:4 God desires that all people be saved. Why doesn't he make it happen if he's all powerful?
"[God,] who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth."
Revelation 7:15 Heaven is serving God day and night
"Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple"
--Anger--
Ephesians 4:31-32 avoid bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and slander. Be kind, tenderhearted and forgiving.
"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."
Ephesians 4:26-27 don't go to bed angry
"Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil."
Colossians 3:8-9 Anger and lying are bad
"But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices"
James 1:19 Be a good listener and be slow to anger
"Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;"
--Apocalypse--
1 Thessalonians 4:15-16 Christianity started as a doomsday cult
"For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
2 Timothy 1:12,18 Paul seems to think the end times are near
"which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me....may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day!--and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus"
James 5:3,8 the end is near!
"...You have laid up treasure in the last days."
"...Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand."
1 Peter 4:7 the end is near!
"The end of all things is at hand..."
"Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour."
Jude 18-19 End times prediction
"They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions." It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit."
Revelation 1:1,3 The end is near
"must soon take place", "the time is near"
Revelation 3:2,3 The end is near, although you can't be sure exactly when
"strengthen what remains and is about to die...I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you."
Revelation 3:10-11 Jesus is returning soon
"...I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon...."
Revelation 22:6,7,10,12,20 Jesus is coming back soon
"what must soon take place...I am coming soon...the time is near...I am coming soon...Surely I am coming soon"
Jude 18-19 End times prediction
"They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions." It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit."
Revelation 1:1,3 The end is near
"must soon take place", "the time is near"
Revelation 3:2,3 The end is near, although you can't be sure exactly when
"strengthen what remains and is about to die...I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you."
Revelation 3:10-11 Jesus is returning soon
"...I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon...."
Revelation 22:6,7,10,12,20 Jesus is coming back soon
"what must soon take place...I am coming soon...the time is near...I am coming soon...Surely I am coming soon"
--Apostasy--
Hebrews 6:6 Apostates are crucifying Jesus a second time
"[For it is impossible...] to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt."
--Authority--
1 Peter 2:13 Follow all rules of earthly government
"Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution..."
1 Peter 5:2-3 Leaders should lead by example, and shouldn't be in it for personal gain.
"shepherd the flock of God...not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock."
--Black and White--
Luke 6:43-45 people are either good or bad
"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks."
Colossians 1:21-22 You are evil without God and blameless with him
"And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him"
1 Timothy 1:9 people are either good or bad, no in between
"...the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless..."
--Blasphemy--
Matthew 12:31 Blasphemy against the holy spirit is the only unforgivable sin
"Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven."
Mark 3:28-29 Blasphemy against the holy spirit is the only unforgivable sin
"Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"
Luke 12:10 Blasphemy against the holy spirit is unforgivable
"And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven."
Jude 8 Sex, disobedience, and blasphemy are the worst sins [x-posted]
"Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones."
Revelation 13:5-6 Blasphemy is apparently the beasts biggest sin
"And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven."
--Church Politics--
Mark 9:38-40 stop arguing with different denominations
"John said to him, 'Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.' But Jesus said, 'Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. For the one who is not against us is for us.'"
Mark 11:17 Don't exploit religion for personal gains
"And he was teaching them and saying to them, 'Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers.'"
Luke 19:46 don't use the church for profit
"saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."
"And he told those who sold the pigeons, 'Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade.'"
Ephesians 4:17-19 If you are not a Christian you are evil
"Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity."
Philippians 1:15,18 The bottom line is all that matters
"Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will...What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,"
Philippians 3:18-19 People who are not like us are evil
"For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things."
1 Thessalonians 4:4-5 Sex is bad, gentiles are bad
"that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God"
1 Timothy 1:4 other religions are bad
"nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith."
1 Timothy 1:3 Don't let people teach other religions
"As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine"
1 Timothy 4:1 People who disagree with us follow demons
"Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons"
1 Timothy 4:7 Divisive, calls other religions silly myths
"Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness"
1 Timothy 6:3-4 Demonizing other religions
"If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions"
Titus 1:10, 14, 16 Antisemitic
"For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party"
"not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth"
"They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work."
Titus 1:11 Jews are greedy
"They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach."
Titus 1:12-13 Obvious straw man
"One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, 'Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.' This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,"
1 Peter 4:3 Sex is bad, drinking is bad, and all non-Christians do it [x-posted]
"For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry."
Ephesians 4:17-19 If you are not a Christian you are evil
"Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity."
Philippians 1:15,18 The bottom line is all that matters
"Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will...What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,"
Philippians 3:18-19 People who are not like us are evil
"For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things."
1 Thessalonians 4:4-5 Sex is bad, gentiles are bad
"that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God"
1 Timothy 1:4 other religions are bad
"nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith."
1 Timothy 1:3 Don't let people teach other religions
"As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine"
1 Timothy 4:1 People who disagree with us follow demons
"Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons"
1 Timothy 4:7 Divisive, calls other religions silly myths
"Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness"
1 Timothy 6:3-4 Demonizing other religions
"If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions"
Titus 1:10, 14, 16 Antisemitic
"For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party"
"not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth"
"They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work."
Titus 1:11 Jews are greedy
"They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach."
Titus 1:12-13 Obvious straw man
"One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, 'Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.' This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,"
1 Peter 4:3 Sex is bad, drinking is bad, and all non-Christians do it [x-posted]
"For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry."
"No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also."
1 John 5:10 If you don't believe in Jesus you make God a liar
"...Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son."
3 John 9 Petty bickering between church leaders
"I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority."
1 John 5:18 Christians don't sin
"We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him."
1 John 5:10 If you don't believe in Jesus you make God a liar
"...Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son."
3 John 9 Petty bickering between church leaders
"I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority."
1 John 5:18 Christians don't sin
"We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him."
--Circumcision--
Galatians 5:2,3,6,11 ridiculous doublespeak (about circumcision)
"Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. 3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law...For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love...But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed."
--Consequences of Sin--
Matthew 9:6 Blame the victim for paralysis
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins--he then said to the paralytic--'Rise, pick up your bed and go home.'"
Mark 2:10-12 your afflictions are caused by your sins
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins--he said to the paralytic-- 'I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.' And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, 'We never saw anything like this!'"
Luke 5:24 you are paralyzed because of sins
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins--he said to the man who was paralyzed--'I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.'"
1 John 3:6 If you sin you can't be with God
"No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him."
--Deception--
Revelation 20:7-9 Satan allowed to trick people and get them killed by God
"when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,"
Revelation 19:20-21 Killed for being tricked into following the beast
"And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. And the rest were slain by the sword"
--Evil--
1 Thessalonians 5:22 avoid evil
"Abstain from every form of evil."
Revelation 2:2 Avoid or expose evil
"...how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false."
Revelation 2:2 Avoid or expose evil
"...how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false."
--Faith--
Matthew 7:7 Ask and you shall receive. (Unrealistic, sets people up to be disappointing)
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."
Mark 9:23 You can get whatever you want just by believing it (faith healing)
"And Jesus said to him, 'If you can! All things are possible for one who believes.'"
Luke 4:12 You can't test God
"And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
Luke 8:48 Faith healing
"And he said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.'"
Luke 17:6 having faith gives you magical powers to command plants
"And the Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you."
Luke 17:19 Faith healing
"And he said to him, 'Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.'"
John 14:12 Christians can perform the miracles like Jesus did (clearly false)
"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father."
John 20:29 Belief without evidence is a virtue
"Jesus said to him, 'Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.'"
Romans 4:5 faith is all that really matters
"And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,"
2 Corinthians 13:2-3 request for proof met with threat
"I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them-- 3 since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you."
Galatians 3:1-9 Faith is good, works don't matter
"Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?...Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham."
Philippians 3:9 Faith is a virtue [thanks ReasonBeing]
"and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith"
1 Timothy 1:5 Love comes from sincere faith
"The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith."
1 Timothy 6:11 Faith is a virtue
"But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness"
2 Timothy 1:5 faith is a virtue, also nepotism
"I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well."
2 Timothy 3:14 Keep believing what you already believe
"But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it"
Philemon 6 we gain knowledge through faith
"and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ"
Hebrews 11:1 When the bible says faith, it means blind faith
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."
Philippians 1:24-25 Wishful thinking
"But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith"
1 Timothy 1:6-7 don't confidently teach things you don't understand
"Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion, desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions."
2 Timothy 2:22 passion is bad, and another mixed list of good and bad things claimed all good [x-posted]
"So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart."
James 1:6 Skepticism is bad
"But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind."
James 2:14 Do good works, faith is not enough
"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?"
James 5:16 Prayer is powerful if you are righteous enough
"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working."
1 Peter 1:8 believe in Jesus despite a lack of evidence
"Though you have not seen [Jesus], you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him..."
"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world."
1 John 2:4 If you really have faith you will do works
"Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him"
1 John 3:22 God will give us whatever we ask for
"and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him"
1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God
"No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us."
Revelation 2:19 Faith is a virtue
"I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first."
--Family--
Matthew 4:21-22 Encourage people to abandon their family
"And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him."
Matthew 5:23-24 Family is more important that ritual
"Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift."
Matthew 10:34-39 Jesus sets family members against one another [x-posted to violence]
"...Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me..."
Mark 3:31-35 Your social group is more important than your family
"And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him...And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!..."
Luke 8:20-21 Religion is more important than family
"And [Jesus] was told, 'Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you.' But he answered them, 'My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.'"
Luke 18:29-30 Abandon your family for religion and you will be rewarded
"And [Jesus] said to them, 'Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.'"
Ephesians 6:1-4 Encourage families to get along
"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), "that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land." Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."
1 Timothy 1:9-10 those who strike their fathers and mothers, murderers, enslavers, liars, and perjurers are bad [x-posted]
"...those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers..."
2 Timothy 3:2-5 Another list, grouping bad things with not so bad things [x-posted]
"For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people."
--Favoritism (by God)--
Acts 9:15-17 God blinds Saul to make him follow
"But the Lord said to [Ananias], 'Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.' So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, 'Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.'"
Ephesians 1:5,11 Who is and isn't a Christian is predestined by God (note: this is bad because of hell)
"he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will...In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will"
Ephesians 2:8-9 Don't boast about being among the saved
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."
--Fear--
Philippians 2:12-13 Our fear and trembling is God's pleasure
"Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure"
1 Timothy 5:8,20 Ruling through fear
"But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever"
"As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear."
2 Timothy 2:25 Calm discussion is best
"[RE: the Lord's servants] correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth"
1 Peter 1:17 You should be ruled by fear
"conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile"
Jude 23 Use fear tactics if necessary
"save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh."
1 John 4:18 Love casts out fear
"There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love."
1 John 5:19 Satan has power over the whole world
"We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one."
Revelation 14:7 Worship God out of fear
"Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come"
--Focus--
Philippians 4:8 Focus on good things (truth, honor, justice, purity, excellence)
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things"
Philippians 4:11 Be content in the good times and the bad
"Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content."
--Food and Drink--
Romans 14:14 nothing is bad unless you think it is bad
"I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean."
Ephesians 5:18 no wine
"And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit"
1 Peter 4:3 Sex is bad, drinking is bad, and all non-Christians do it [x-posted]
"For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry."
--Forgiveness--
Matthew 18:21-22 Don't stop forgiving
"Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven."
2 Corinthians 2:5-7 Be quick to forgive and comfort those who have done wrong
"if anyone has caused pain...For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him"
Ephesians 4:31-32 avoid bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and slander. Be kind, tenderhearted and forgiving.
"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."
Colossians 3:12-15 Do good things (compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, bearing with one another, forgiveness, love, peace)
"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful."
--Free Will--
John 12:40 God removes people's free will
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."
Romans 11:7-8 God messes with free will
"What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, as it is written, 'God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.'"
Revelation 6:4 God messes with free will
"...Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another..."
Revelation 13:10 Even the beast is following God's plan
"If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain..."
Revelation 14:8 You are not responsible for your sexual immorality [x-post to sexuality]
"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."
Revelation 17:8 Whether or not we are saved was determined at the beginning of time [x-post to justice]
"And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast"
Revelation 17:17 God forced the kings to help the devil [x-post to justice]
"for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled."
--God is all that matters--
Acts 20:24 Your life is worthless except for spreading the word of God
" But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God."
Philippians 3:8 Everything other than Christ is worthless
"Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ"
Philemon 19-20 By being saved, your life is owed to the church
"I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it--to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ."
--God is Vain--
2 Thessalonians 1:10 God is vain
"when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed"
--Hell--
Luke 16:25 Eternal punishment for living a comfortable life
"But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish."
--Helping Others (Generosity, Empathy, Compassion)--
Romans 9:3 Be willing to make sacrifices for the benefit of others
"For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh."
Romans 12:4-6 Work together to make a strong society
"For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them"
Romans 15:2 Be good to each other
"Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up."
1 Corinthians 12:25-26 Help each other out
"that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together."
2 Corinthians 8:14 promote reciprocal altruism
"your abundance at the present time should supply their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness."
2 Corinthians 9:11 Be generous
"You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God."
2 Corinthians 12:14-15 Generosity
"For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls."
Galatians 6:1-2 help each other out
"Brothers,if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."
Philippians 1:24-25 Put other's needs above your own
"But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith"
Philippians 2:4 Be concerned with other people, not just yourself
"Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others."
1 Thessalonians 2:9 Don't be a burden on others
"For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God."
1 Thessalonians 5:14 encourage, help, be patient
"And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all."
2 Thessalonians 3:10 Don't help those unwilling to work (presumably so you can instead help those who can't work)
"...If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat."
1 Timothy 6:9 Greed can be dangerous (oversimplification, but good rule of thumb)
"But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction."
1 Timothy 6:18 The rich (and presumably everyone else) should be generous
"They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share"
1 Timothy 5:16 if your family can help, they should so the church can focus its resources on the needy
"If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows."
Titus 3:14 Help people in need
"And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful."
2 Timothy 2:10 endure hardship to help other people out
"Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory."
Hebrews 5:2 Consider your own weakness when you see other's struggling with theirs
"He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness."
Hebrews 10:34 Compassion is a good thing
"For you had compassion on those in prison..."
Hebrews 13:3 Be compassionate
"Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body."
Hebrews 13:2 Show hospitality even to strangers
"Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."
James 3:14 Lying, selfishness, boasting, and jealousy are bad [x-posted to lying]
"But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth."
1 Peter 4:9-10 Help each other out
"Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another..."
--Homosexuality--
Romans 1:27 Being Gay is bad
"and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error"
1 Timothy 1:10 sex and being gay are bad [xpost to sexuality]
"the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality..."
1 Timothy 1:9-10 those who strike their fathers and mothers, murderers, enslavers, liars, and perjurers are bad [x-posted]
"...those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers..."
--Humility--
Matthew 18:4 Encourage humility
"Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."
Ephesians 4:1-2 encourages humility, gentleness, patience, and love [x-post to love]
"I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,"
Colossians 3:12-15 Do good things (compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, bearing with one another, forgiveness, love, peace)
"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful."
James 3:13 Show your works through meekness
"Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom."
"Therefore it says, 'God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.'"
1 Peter 3:8-9 sympathy, love, humility, turn the other cheek [x-posted]
"Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling...
--Hypocrisy--
Luke 12:1 don't be a hypocrite
"In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."
--Inerrancy--
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is breathed out by God (clearly false)
"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness"
--Interpersonal Conflict--
Matthew 5:39 Turn the other cheek
"But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."
Matthew 5:44 Love your enemies
"But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,"
Matthew 7:1 Don't judge other people
"Judge not, that you be not judged"
Matthew 7:12 Golden Rule
"So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets."
Matthew 18:23-34 Pay it forward
A guy is forgiven a debt and refuses to forgive a debt owed to him
2 Corinthians 7:12 Don't worry about the person you have wronged, just get good with God
"So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God."
Acts 18:17 ignore it if someone gets beat up in front of you
"And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this."
Ephesians 4:31-32 avoid bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and slander. Be kind, tenderhearted and forgiving.
"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."
Colossians 4:6 Be polite with people you disagree with
"Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person."
1 Timothy 4:12 Prove your worth with actions [x-posted to work ethic]
"Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity"
Titus 3:2 Be nice to everyone, don't spread rumors
"to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people."
1 Timothy 2:8 Avoid anger and quarreling.
"I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling"
Titus 3:3 Remember the mistakes you made in the past and give other people some leeway as well
"For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another."
Phil 8-9, 14 making request is better than giving orders
"Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you..."
"but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord."
1 Peter 2:1 malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander are all bad things.
"So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander."
1 Peter 2:12 Act in an honorable manner even in the face of slander.
"Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation."
James 3:10 Be careful what you say, you can do a lot of damage with a thoughtless word
"From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so."
2 Peter 3:14 Be good and at peace at all times
"Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace."
--Judging Others--
Luke 6:37 don't be judgmental
"Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven"
John 8:7 Don't judge others by a different standard than you judge yourself
"And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, 'Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.'"
1 Corinthians 2:15 We can judge you, you can't judge us
"The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment"
Romans 14:1-12 don't judge each other
"10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God"
1 Corinthians 4:3 Don't be quick to judge
"But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself."
--Justice--
Matthew 5:25-26 Try to work things out before going to court
"Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. 26 Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny."
Luke 12:58 try to settle legal matters outside of court
"As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison."
Matthew 5:21-22 Murder, anger, and calling someone a fool are equally bad crimes
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.' But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire."
Matthew 23:31-33 accountability for sins of the father
"Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?"
Luke 10:10-12 The entire town pays for the perceived transgressions of a few
"But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.' I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town."
Luke 18:1-8 Be persistent in the face of injustice [x-post to persistence]
"...there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him [a bad judge] and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.' For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.'..."
Acts 12:7 You should fight against unjust laws
"And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands."
Acts 5:1-11 Death penalty for saving money (or for lying?)
"...he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet...."You have not lied to men but to God." When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last..."
Acts 12:23 death penalty for not "giving glory to God"
"Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last."
Romans 1:29-32 Many things deserve death, including gossip and being envious.
"They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them."
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 being tricked = refusing the truth
"The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved."
2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 God tricked people in order to condemn them
"Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
Hebrews 5:9 Justice by proxy
"And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him"
James 2:10 All crimes are equal
"For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it."
1 Peter 2:18 Slaves, respect your masters even if they are unjust to you [x-posted to Slavery]
"Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust."
1 John 3:15 Murder and hate are the same
"Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him."
Revelation 14:9-10 Have the mark required for commerce nets you God's wrath
"If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the wine of God's wrath"
Revelation 16:13-14 People are tricked into following Satan
"And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty."
Revelation 17:8 Whether or not we are saved was determined at the beginning of time [x-post to free will]
"And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast"
Revelation 17:17 God forced the kings to help the devil [x-post to free will]
"for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled."
Revelation 20:15 Eternal punishment
"And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
--Knowledge--
Matthew 16:12 Don't learn certain things
"Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Mark 15:11-15 Be careful of groupthink
"But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. 12 And Pilate again said to them, 'Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?' And they cried out again, 'Crucify him.'..."
Mark 4:10-12 Jesus intentionally made his teachings confusing for the masses
"And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. And he said to them, 'To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, so that 'they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.'"
Luke 2:46 Learning and asking questions is good
"After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions."
Luke 8:10 Jesus was intentionally more confusing when talking to outsiders
"he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'"
Luke 10:21 God hides the truth from wise men
"In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will."
Luke 16:19-31 Refusal to give proper warning of hell to the living
"...And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house-- 28 for I have five brothers--so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.'..."
Philippians 2:14-15 Ignorance is glorified
"Do all things without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world"
Colossians 2:3-4 Know as much as possible about Jesus so you won't be tricked by specious arguments
"in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments."
Colossians 2:8 Ignore philosophy and science if it contradicts Jesus
"See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ."
1 Timothy 6:20 Anti-intellectual
"O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"
2 Timothy 3:7 anti-intellectual
"always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth."
Titus 3:9 Don't have disagreements or quarrels
"But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless."
Titus 3:10-11 If someone asks too many questions, warn them twice, then have nothing to do with them. Anti-intellectualism.
"As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned."
2 Timothy 2:16 looking at details is bad
"But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness"
2 Peter 3:8 God can't tell a day from a millenium
"But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
Jude 10 Punished for ignorance and following God given instincts
"But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively."
1 John 2:27 You don't need teachers, you get everything you need to know from Jesus
"But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie--just as it has taught you, abide in him."
--Lists--
Revelation 20:8 These things earn you hellfire
"But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
Revelation 22:15 list of things that will keep you out of new Jerusalem
"Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood."
--Love--
John 13:34 Love one another
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another."
Romans 12:9-21 big list of good ways to act toward one another
"love, patience, honor,
Romans 13:9 Love your neighbor
"For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,' and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 Love is very important
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing"
Galatians 5:14 Love your neighbor as yourself
"For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
Galatians 5:22-23 Focus on love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, self-control
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Ephesians 4:1-2 encourages humility, gentleness, patience, and love [x-post to Humility]
"I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,"
Ephesians 5:1-2 Imitate the best things about Jesus
"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."
Philippians 1:9 Let your love expand
"And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,"
1 Timothy 1:5 love comes from a pure heart and good conscience
"The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a
Colossians 3:12-15 Do good things (compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, bearing with one another, forgiveness, love, peace)
"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful."
1 Timothy 6:11 love steadfastness and gentleness are virtues
"But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness"
Titus 2:2 You should be sober-minded, dignified, and self-controlled
"Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness."
2 Timothy 2:22 passion is bad, and another mixed list of good and bad things claimed all good [x-posted]
"So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart."
Hebrews 8:9 God does not love everyone
"...For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord."
James 2:8 Love your neighbor
"If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well."
1 Peter 4:8 Love has the power to repair rifts caused by sin
"Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins."
1 Peter 3:8-9 sympathy, love, humility, turn the other cheek [x-posted]
"Finally, all of you, have
1 John 3:17 Love each other and help those in need
"But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?"
1 John 3:18 Talk is cheap, show love with your actions
"Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth."
2 John 5,10-11 Love those who agree with you, hate those who don't
"love one another"
"If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works."
Revelation 2:19 Love is a virtue
"I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first."
--Lies--
Ephesians 4:25 Don't lie
"Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another."
Colossians 3:8-9 Anger and lying are bad
"But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices"
James 3:14 Lying, selfishness, boasting, and jealousy are bad [x-posted to helping others]
"But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth."
--Marriage--
Matthew 5:32 No divorce unless the wife cheats
"But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."
Luke 16:18 Divorce and remarriage is the same as adultery
"Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery."
1 Peter 3:1,5 wives submit to your husband no matter what they do
"Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands..."
"For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands"
--Miracles--
John 9:1-3 A man is blind from birth so Jesus can show off and heal him
"As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him."
Acts 19:11-12 cloth that touched Paul had healing powers
"And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them."
--The Needy--
Matthew 25:40 Treat the poor/needy well
"And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'"
Luke 3:10-11 help each other out, share with the needy
"And the crowds asked him, 'What then shall we do?' And he answered them, "Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise."
Luke 14:13 be good to people who are down and out
"But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind"
Acts 2:45 Help others when they are in need
"And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need."
--Obedience--
Philippians 2:8 Obedience is the most important thing
"And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."
Colossians 3:20 Obey your parent no matter what
"Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord."
Titus 3:1 Promoting submission and obedience, also coupling of ideas.
"Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work"
Hebrews 5:8 Obedience is the most important thing and suffering is good [x-posted to suffering]
"Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered."
Hebrews 13:17 Obey all church leaders
" Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls..."
1 Peter 1:14,22 Obedience is of supreme importance
"As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance"
"Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth..."
2 Peter 2:9-10 lust and lacking obedience are the worst offenses of the unrighteous [x-post to sexuality]
"...and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority..."
Jude 8 Sex, disobedience, and blasphemy are the worst sins [x-posted]
"Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones."
Revelation 2:5 Worship God or else
"But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first [for God]. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first [worshipping God]. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent."
Revelation 2:10 Die for me and be rewarded
"Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life."
--Patience--
James 5:7-8 patience is a virtue
"Be patient, therefore, brothers...8 You also, be patient..."
Revelation 2:2,3,19 Patience and endurance are virtues
--Persecution--
Luke 6:22 be happy when people persecute you
"Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!"
Romans 8:17 encourages persecution complex [x post to suffering]
"and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him."
2 Corinthians 12:10 Be happy with persecution
"For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
Galatians 4:29 persecution complex
"But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now."
2 Timothy 3:12 Christians will be persecuted
"Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted"
1 John 3:13 Persecution complex
"Do not be surprised, brothers,that the world hates you."
--Persistence--
Luke 18:1-8 Be persistent in the face of injustice [x-post to justice]
"...there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him [a bad judge] and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.' For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.'..."
2 Corinthians 12:14 Persistence
"Here for the third time I am ready to come to you."
--Prejudice--
Luke 10:25-37 help everyone you can, regardless of prejudices.
"...A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion..."
--Preparation--
"Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you"
--Pride--
Luke 18:14 don't be full of yourself
"...everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
2 Timothy 3:2-5 Another list, grouping bad things with not so bad things [x-posted]
"For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people."
"Therefore it says, 'God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.'"
--Prophecy--
John 19:28 Jesus does things expressly to fulfill scripture
"After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), 'I thirst.'"
--Science--
Matthew 15:20 encourage people to eat without washing hands.
"But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone."
Revelation 7:1 The Earth has 4 corners, where wind originates from
"After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree."
--Secrecy--
Luke 12:2-3 don't be secretive
"Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops."
--Self Improvement--
Philippians 3:12 I'm not perfect, but I'm always striving for perfection
"Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own."
1 Peter 3:3-4 spend time developing a good personality and not just outer beauty
"Do not let your adorning be external--the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear-- 4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious."
--Sexuality--
Matthew 5:28 lust = adultery. Thought crimes
"But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart."
1 Corinthians 6:18 sex is bad
"Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body."
Colossians 3:5 Sexual repression
"Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry."
Ephesians 5:3-5 encourages fear and repression of sex, also no dirty jokes
"But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Colossians 3:5 Sex is bad
"Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry."
1 Thessalonians 4:4-5 Sex is bad, gentiles are bad
"that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God"
1 Timothy 1:10 sex and being gay are bad [xpost to homosexuality]
"the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality..."
1 Timothy 1:9-10 those who strike their fathers and mothers, murderers, enslavers, liars, and perjurers are bad [x-posted]
"...those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers..."
2 Timothy 2:22 passion is bad, and another mixed list of good and bad things claimed all good [x-posted]
"So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart."
Hebrews 12:16 Sex is bad
"[see to it] that no one is sexually immoral..."
Hebrews 13:4 No sex before marriage, no 'sexual immorality'
"Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous."
1 Peter 4:3 Sex is bad, drinking is bad, and all non-Christians do it [x-posted]
"For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry."
"You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God."
"For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry."
2 Peter 2:2 sensuality leads to blasphemy
"And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed."
2 Peter 2:2 sensuality leads to blasphemy
"And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed."
2 Peter 2:9-10 lust and lacking obedience are the worst offenses of the unrighteous [x-post to obedience]
"...and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority..."
2 Peter 2:18 bad people use sex to trick believers away from the faith
"...they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error."
1 John 2:16 the world is evil, sex is bad
"For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world."
Jude 8 Sex, disobedience, and blasphemy are the worst sins [x-posted]
"Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones."
Revelation 2:14,20-22 Sex is bad
"But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality."
"But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works"
Revelation 2:23 God will kill you if your mother is a prostitute
"and I will strike her children dead..."
Revelation 14:4 Girls are gross
"It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins..."
Revelation 14:8 You are not responsible for your sexual immorality [x-post to free will]
"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."
--Slavery--
Luke 17:7 Jesus endorses slavery
"Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and recline at table'? Will he not rather say to him..."
Galatians 4:22,30 throw your slave mistress out on the street
"For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman...But what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman."
Ephesians 6:5-9 slavery is fine as long as masters stop threatening their slaves
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ..."
Colossians 3:22 approves of slavery
"Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord."
Colossians 4:1 We are slaves of God
"Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven."
1 Timothy 6:1 Slaves should work hard to reflect well on God
"Let all who are under a yoke as slaves regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled
Titus 2:9 Endorsement of slavery
"Slaves are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative"
Philemon 11 it is implied that trading slaves is an acceptable form of payment
"Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me."
1 Timothy 1:9-10 those who strike their fathers and mothers, murderers, enslavers, liars, and perjurers are bad [x-posted]
"...those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers..."
Phil 16 Paul requests Onesimus be released from slavery
"no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother--especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord."
Phil 18 Paul takes on Onesimus' debt
"If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account."
1 Peter 2:18 Slaves, respect your masters even if they are unjust to you [x-posted to Justice]
"Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust."
1 Peter 2:18 Slaves, respect your masters even if they are unjust to you
"Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust."
--Stacking the Deck--
Philippians 4:13 Give credit to overcoming struggles to God
"I can do all things through him who strengthens me"
James 1:13,17 God takes credit for good and distances himself from bad
"Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one."
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change."
James 3:15 God gets credit for good things, absolved from bad things
"This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic."
2 Peter 1:3-4 God is the source of good stuff, bad stuff is from earth
"His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness...escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire"
--Suffering--
Acts 21:13 Be willing to go to prison or even die for principles
"Then Paul answered, 'What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.'"
Romans 8:17 encourages persecution complex [x post to persecution]
"and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him."
Colossians 1:24 More glorification of suffering
"Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake..."
2 Timothy 1:8 suffering is good
"Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God"
2 Timothy 2:3 Suffering itself is a good thing
"Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus."
Colossians 2:18,23 Laws about restricting indulgence and 'severity to the body' have no value
"Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind"
"These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh."
Hebrews 2:9-10 glorification of suffering
"But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering."
Hebrews 5:8 Obedience is the most important thing and suffering is good [x-posted to obedience]
"Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered."
1 Peter 3:17 Do good, even if you risk personal suffering
"For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil."
1 Peter 4:1,13 suffering (for Christ?) makes you sin free
"...for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin"
"But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings..."
1 Peter 5:9 If you are suffering, you are not alone
"...knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world."
--Tradition--
John 9:16 Keeping the Sabbath not so important
"Some of the Pharisees said, 'This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.' But others said, 'How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?' And there was a division among them."
Mark 3:4-5 You can break the rules to do a good deed
"And he said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent. And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored."
Luke 6:9-10 it is ok to break the rules for a good reason
"And Jesus said to them, 'I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?' And after looking around at them all he said to him, 'Stretch out your hand.' And he did so, and his hand was restored"
Luke 13:14 don't follow traditions for tradition sake
"But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, 'There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.'"
--Vengeance--
Luke 10:19-20 don't focus on bad things for others, focus on good things for you
"Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
Hebrews 10:12-13 Jesus is vengeful and violent [x-posted to Violence]
"But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet."
--Violence--
Matthew 26:52 Live by the sword, die by the sword
"Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword..."
Matthew 10:34-39 Jesus encourages violence [x-posted to family]
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword."
Luke 12:51 Jesus is here to divide people, not to spread peace
"Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division."
1 Thessalonians 2:16 Rejoice in the suffering of your enemies
"...But God's wrath has come upon them at last!"
1 Thessalonians 5:15 no eye for an eye
"See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone."
2 Thessalonians 1:6 eye for an eye
"since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you"
2 Thessalonians 1:8 ignorance from God = vengeance from God
"in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus."
"...those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers..."
2 Timothy 3:2-5 Another list, grouping bad things with not so bad things [x-posted]
"For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people."
2 Timothy 4:14 Wishing for revenge through God
"Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds."
Hebrews 1:13 God is violent
"And to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?"
Hebrews 10:12-13 Jesus is vengeful and violent [x-posted to Vengeance]
"But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet."
1 Peter 3:8-9 sympathy, love, humility, turn the other cheek [x-posted]
"Finally, all of you, have
Revelation 2:15-16 Worship God or he will kill you
"So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth."
Revelation 2:23 God will kill you if your mother is a prostitute
"and I will strike her children dead..."
Revelation 6:4,8 God is a violent monster
"...Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another...they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth."
Revelation 9:5-6 God loves Torture
"They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them."
Revelation 14:10-11 God wants to watch you suffer
"and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever"
Revelation 14:20 God's punishment is sick and twisted
"And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia. (about 184 miles)"
Revelation 19:20-21 Violent punishment
"These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. And the rest were slain by the sword"
--We Are All Sinners--
Romans 3:23 We are all sinners
"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"
1 John 1:8 We are all sinners
"If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."
--Wealth--
Matthew 6:19 Don't be greedy
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth"
Luke 18:25 Wealthy people can't get into heaven
"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
1 Corinthians 9:11-12 It is better to save a soul than make some money
"If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ."
1 Corinthians 16:2 Save money to give to the church
"On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come."
2 Corinthians 8:2-4 Poor people should give to the church beyond their means
"for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints"
2 Timothy 3:2-5 Another list, grouping bad things with not so bad things [x-posted]
"For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people."
Hebrews 13:5 Be content with what you have
"Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'"
James 2:3-4 Don't treat poor people worse than you treat rich people.
"if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place,"while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet," have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?"
James 2:7 Rich people are blasphemers
"Are [rich people] not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?"
James 5:4-6 All rich people are evil
"the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud... You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence...You have condemned and murdered the righteous person..."
--Women--
1 Corinthians 11:3 Women should be subordinate to their husbands
"But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God."
1 Corinthians 14:34-35 woman should be submissive, it is shameful for them to speak in church
"the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church."
Colossians 3:18 misogynist garbage
"Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord"
Ephesians 5:22-23 misogynist garbage
"Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior."
1 Timothy 2:12 Women are not allowed to be teachers
"I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet"
1 Timothy 5:13 young single women are gossips and busybodies
"Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not."
2 Timothy 3:6 anti-women
"For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions"
Titus 2:3-5 A woman's main goal should be to please her husband
"Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled."
Revelation 20:2 Women are commodities
"And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."
--Work Ethic--
Matthew 21:28-32 Action are more important than words
It's a parable, too long to quote
Matthew 25:14-30 Don't be lazy
Another parable
1 Timothy 4:12 Prove your worth with actions [x-posted to interpersonal conflict]
"Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity"
Titus 2:7 You should do good works and have dignity and integrity
"Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,"
Titus 3:8 People should devote themselves to good works.
"The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people."
Titus 2:7-8 leave your enemies nothing bad to say about you
"Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us."
1 Timothy 4:14 do not neglect your gifts
"Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you."
2 Timothy 1:9 God works in mysterious ways
"who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began"
--Worship--
Revelation 4:11 God is worthy of our worship
"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power..."
Revelation 5:13 Jesus is worthy of worship
"And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!"
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