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1 Corinthians 10:13
[Bible Verses]This verse teaches that God is faithful and "will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able," but will "make a way to escape." It is frequently cited as a comfort in times of trial, though interpreters debate whether "temptation" here refers to enticement to sin or to suffering.
1 Corinthians 13:8–10
[Bible Verses]This passage declares that prophecies shall fail, tongues shall cease, and knowledge shall vanish away, while love endures, and that "when that which is perfect is come," that which is in part shall be done away. It is a key text in the dispute between cessationism and continuationism, which turns on how "that which is perfect" is understood.
2 Corinthians 5:17
[Bible Verses]2 Corinthians 5:17 declares that if anyone is in Christ, he is "a new creature": "old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." It is cherished as a classic text on conversion and the new birth, though some interpreters read it as speaking of the whole new creation rather than only of individual transformation.
Ephesians 5:18
[Bible Verses]Ephesians 5:18 reads, "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit" (KJV). It is a key verse on being filled with the Holy Spirit, and interpreters and denominations differ in their emphases on what that filling means. In Korean Protestant churches it is also frequently cited as a basis for the tradition of abstaining from alcohol.
1 Timothy 6:10
[Bible Verses]A warning that "the love of money is the root of all evil." Interpreters frequently stress that the verse targets the love of money rather than money itself. It is among the passages most often cited in discussions of church financial ethics and in critiques of prosperity theology.
Romans 3:23–24
[Bible Verses]Romans 3:23–24 is a passage stating that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, yet are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Because it brings together universal human sinfulness and justification by grace, it is frequently used in evangelism.
1 Corinthians 15:28
[Bible Verses]A verse in 1 Corinthians 15, the chapter on the resurrection and the last things, stating that after all things have been subjected to the Son, the Son himself will also be subject to the Father, "that God may be all in all." It has been cited frequently in Trinitarian and Christological debates.
Titus 3:5
[Bible Verses]A verse stating that salvation comes not from human works of righteousness but from God's mercy, and that it was accomplished "by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost." It is frequently cited in discussions of salvation by grace and of the relationship between baptism and regeneration.
1 Timothy 5:9
[Bible Verses]First Timothy 5:9 sets out the conditions for enrolling a widow on the list of those the church would care for: she must be at least sixty years old and must have been "the wife of one man." Interpreters differ over what kind of institution the early church's care for widows was and over the meaning of "the wife of one man."
Romans 2:4
[Bible Verses]Romans 2:4 states that God's goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering lead people to repentance. It is frequently cited as a warning against mistaking the postponement of judgment for acquittal.
Titus 2:13
[Bible Verses]A verse describing the "blessed hope" for which believers wait, namely the glorious appearing of Christ. It is frequently cited in Christological discussion over whether "the great God and our Saviour" refers to one person, Jesus Christ.
Laodicea
[Bible]Laodicea was a city in the region of Phrygia in Asia Minor that appears in Colossians and Revelation. It was the home of one of the seven churches of Asia, which Revelation rebukes as "lukewarm."
Old Man and New Man
[Bible]"Old man" and "new man" are expressions from the Pauline epistles. Using the image of taking off and putting on clothing, they contrast the person under the dominion of sin before faith in Christ with the person newly created in Christ.
Romans 8:29–30
[Bible Verses]Romans 8:29–30 is a passage in which foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification, and glorification follow one another in sequence; it is commonly called the "golden chain of salvation." It is one of the texts over which Calvinism and Arminianism most frequently clash in the debate over predestination.
1 Corinthians 10:31
[Bible Verses]1 Corinthians 10:31 reads, "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God" (KJV). As a proof text for the first question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, it serves almost as a motto of the Reformed faith and is widely cited as a passage on the holiness of everyday life and work.
1 Corinthians 14:34–35
[Bible Verses]A Pauline passage instructing, "Let your women keep silence in the churches," and directing that if they wish to learn anything, they should "ask their husbands at home." It is a central text in debates over the ordination of women and the role of women in the church. Its position in the manuscript tradition is also debated.
2 Corinthians 6:14
[Bible Verses]2 Corinthians 6:14 is the verse that reads, "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers." It is widely cited in discussions of marriage between believers and unbelievers; in Korean churches it is the verse most often invoked on that subject. Interpreters also note that its original context concerns separation from idolatry.
Philippians 2:12–13
[Bible Verses]A passage that sets the exhortation "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" alongside the declaration that "it is God which worketh in you." Christian traditions differ in how they understand the way God's work and the human part in salvation fit together.
Romans 4:25
[Bible Verses]Romans 4:25 is the verse stating that Jesus was delivered over to death because of our sins and raised again for our justification. It is frequently cited as a summary that joins the cross and the resurrection with justification in a single sentence.
Philippians 2:9–11
[Bible Verses]A passage teaching that after Christ humbled himself even unto death on the cross, God exalted him so that every being would confess him as Lord. As the conclusion of the "Christ Hymn," it is frequently cited in discussions of Christ's exaltation and divinity.