The following index provides access to selected passages of the New Testament that speak most directly to practical concerns in the modern world. Use this index along with the other helps and annotations to see quickly what the New Testament says about each subject.
Passages are listed alphabetically by brief content summaries. The words a and the are ignored in the alphabetizing.
Accountability
See Duty; Responsibility
Anger
Anger without cause … Matt. 5:22
Be slow to anger … James 1:19, 20
Do not provoke anger … Eph. 6:4
Of Herod, at wise men … Matt. 2:16
Of Jesus, directed against evil … Matt. 21:12, 13; Rev. 6:17
Resolve differences quickly … Eph. 4:26
A work of the flesh … Gal. 5:19, 20
Authority
Be strong in God’s power … Eph. 6:10, 11
Binding and loosing … Matt. 18:18
Given to Christ’s followers … Luke 10:19
Head of the church is Christ … Eph. 1:22
In heaven and earth … Matt. 28:18
Jesus taught with authority … Matt. 7:29
Leader’s authority … Titus 2:15
Over demons … Mark 1:27
Pray for those in authority … 1 Tim. 2:1, 2
Boldness
Believer’s confidence … Eph. 3:12
Boldness amidst persecution … Acts 9:27–29
Come to God boldly … Heb. 4:16; 10:19–22
Do all things through Christ … Phil. 4:13
Joseph of Arimathea with Pilate … Matt. 27:57–58
Paul’s boldness … Phil. 1:20
Perfect love produces boldness … 1 John 4:16–18
Peter bold to defend Jesus … Matt. 26:33–35; 51
Prayer for boldness … Eph. 6:19
Whom to fear and not to fear … Matt. 10:26–31
Career/Calling
All ministers of reconciliation … 2 Cor. 5:18–20
Called to fulfill God’s purpose … 2 Tim. 1:9
God chooses the office … Eph. 4:11, 12
God’s calling irrevocable … Rom. 11:29
Improvement of God’s gifts … Matt. 25:14–30
Jesus calls His first disciples … Matt. 4:18–22
Laborers called to their work … Matt. 20:1–6
Walk worthy of your calling … Eph. 4:1–3
Children
Christlikeness
Christian fruit … Gal. 5:22–26
A disciple is like his teacher … Matt. 10:25
God will complete the work … Phil. 1:6
Imitate Christ … 1 Cor. 11:1
In suffering with Christ … Rom. 8:16, 17
Jesus says to follow Him … Matt. 4:19; 8:22; 9:9
New creatures in Christ … 2 Cor. 5:17
Relinquish possessions … Matt. 19:21
Take up the cross … Matt. 16:24
Cities
Acknowledge God in planning … James 4:13–17
Capernaum: Jesus’ “own city” … Matt. 9:1
The city of the great King … Matt. 5:35
A divided city cannot stand … Matt. 12:25
“Do business till I come” … Luke 19:13
Inner-city problems addressed … Luke 4:16–21; 7:22
Jerusalem: an international hub … Acts 2:1, 5–11
Jesus brought up in a city … Matt. 2:23
Jesus preached in the cities … Matt. 9:35; 11:1; Luke 4:43
The marketplace judged … Rev. 18:9–24
Some cities rebuked by Jesus … Matt. 11:20–24
Competition
Be a servant to be great … Matt. 20:20–28
Blessed are the meek … Matt. 5:5
Do not compare yourself to others … 2 Cor. 10:12
Do not think too highly of yourself … Rom. 12:3–8
Many of the first shall be last … Matt. 19:30; 20:16
Press toward your goals … Phil. 3:14
Run the race with endurance … Heb. 12:1
Conscience
Can be seared … 1 Tim. 4:2
Cleansed by Jesus’ blood … Heb. 9:14
Clear it by seeking forgiveness … Matt. 5:23, 24
Good conscience is valuable … 1 Tim. 1:5, 19
Honor the conscience of others … 1 Cor. 10:27–29; 2 Cor. 4:2
Crime and Punishment
Better to settle out of court … Matt. 5:25, 26
Do not resist the perpetrator … Matt. 5:38, 39
Do not sue another Christian … 1 Cor. 6:1–6
Keep the commandments … Matt. 19:17–19
Law is made for the lawless … 1 Tim. 1:9, 10
Law officers are ministers … Rom. 13:1–4
Property is subject to theft … Matt. 6:19, 20
Reconcile if possible … Matt. 5:25, 26
We reap what we sow … Gal. 6:7
Duty
Bear with the weak … Rom. 15:1; 1 Cor. 9:22
Doing only your duty is not enough … Luke 17:10
Family, to one another … Eph. 5:25—6:3
Give yourself to God … Rom. 12:1
Help the destitute … Matt. 25:34–40
Obey the will of God … Matt. 12:50
Support the weak … Acts 20:35; 1 Thess. 5:14
Toward enemies … Matt. 5:44
Toward the government … Matt. 17:27; 22:21
Toward neighbors … Gal. 5:14
See also Government
Education
Disciples to teach all nations … Matt. 28:19, 20
Do all to God’s glory … Col. 3:17
Jesus taught the multitudes … Matt. 5:1, 2
Listen and ask questions … Luke 2:46, 47
Parent’s responsibility … Eph. 6:4
Paul’s upbringing … Acts 22:3
Rightly divide the word of truth … 2 Tim. 2:15
Teaching illustrated from nature … Matt. 6:25–30
Timothy’s upbringing … 2 Tim. 3:14, 15
Enmity
Between carnal mind and God … Rom. 8:7
Between Jew and Gentile abolished … Eph. 2:15, 16
An enemy, the devil, sowed tares … Matt. 13:24–28, 39
Enmity with God … James 4:4
Love your enemies … Matt. 5:43–48
See also Hatred
Environment
Creation delivered from bondage … Rom. 8:20–22
God’s care for His creation … Matt. 6:26–30
Humane treatment of animals … Luke 14:5
The new heaven and the new earth … Rev. 21:1—22:5
Stewards expected to be faithful … Matt. 25:14–30
Envy
The evil eye of jealousy … Matt. 6:23; 20:15
Eyes should be on Jesus … John 21:20–22
Indicates other evils … James 3:16
Lay aside envy to grow … 1 Pet. 2:1–3
Live in the Spirit instead … Gal. 5:25, 26
Love does not envy … 1 Cor. 13:4
Priests and elders envied Jesus … Matt. 27:18
Ethnicity
See Inclusiveness
Evangelism
Always be ready … 1 Pet. 3:15
Ambassadors for Christ … 2 Cor. 5:18–20
Disciples sent out to preach … Matt. 10:5–20
From house to house … Acts 5:42
Go to the nations … Matt. 28:19–20; Mark 16:15
See also Lay Involvement
Evil
Abhor evil … Rom. 12:9
Abstain from every form … 1 Thess. 5:22
Do not repay evil for evil … Rom. 12:17
Do not resist evil people … Matt. 5:38, 39
Evil tree produces evil fruit … Matt. 7:17
Overcome evil with good … Rom. 12:21
Sun rises on evil and good … Matt. 5:45
Faith
Can’t please God without it … Heb. 11:6
Comes by hearing … Rom. 10:17
Evidence of things not seen … Heb. 11:1
Examples of faith … Heb. 11:1–40
Faith made a person whole … Matt. 9:22
Faith without works is dead … James 2:26
Faith works through love … Gal. 5:6
Great faith found … Matt 8:10; 15:28
The just shall live by faith … Rom. 1:17; Heb. 10:38
Little faith produces doubt … Matt. 16:8
Makes all things possible … Mark 9:23
Walk by faith, not by sight … 2 Cor. 5:7
A weighty matter of the law … Matt. 23:23
Family
Advice to wives and husbands … Eph. 5:22–33; 1 Pet. 3:1–7
Care of parents … John 19:26, 27; 1 Tim. 5:4
Children’s commandment … Eph. 6:1–3; Col. 3:20
Forsaking family for Jesus’ sake … Matt. 19:29
The gospel overrides family ties … Matt. 12:48–50
The gospel will disrupt families … Matt. 10:35–37
Jesus had an earthly family … Matt. 13:55
Marital love and submission … Col. 3:18, 19
Marriage is God-ordained … Matt. 19:4–6
Parent’s love for child … Luke 15:11–32
Provide for your family … 1 Tim. 5:8
Sexual unity in marriage … 1 Cor. 7:3–5
Singleness … 1 Cor. 7:7–9, 32–34
True widows … 1 Tim. 5:3–10
A whole household saved … Acts 16:31–34
Fellowship
All are one body … 1 Cor. 12:12–14
All believers are brethren … Matt. 23:8
Among God and believers … 1 John 1:3
Early church’s example … Acts 2:1, 42–47
Encouraged by Paul … Heb. 10:24, 25
For teaching and admonition … Col. 3:16
Gathered in Jesus’ name … Matt. 18:20
Jesus with three disciples … Matt. 17:1–4
Many are made one body in Christ … Rom. 12:5
Not with evil persons … 1 Cor. 15:33
Not with a sinning Christian … 1 Cor. 5:11
Shun division … 1 Cor. 1:10
Strengthens brethren … Luke 22:32
Through partaking of communion … John 6:53, 56
With the wicked forbidden … Matt. 18:17
Forgiveness
Friendship
Abraham and God … James 2:23
Christ with believers … John 15:13–15
Early church’s example … Acts 2:42
Epaphroditus and Paul … Phil. 2:25–30
False friendship shown … Matt. 26:48, 49
Jesus’ commandment … John 15:12
Jesus: a friend of sinners … Matt. 11:19
Onesiphorus and Paul … 2 Tim. 1:16–18
Priscilla, Aquila, and Paul … Rom. 16:3, 4
With the world … James 4:4
Women befriended Jesus … Matt. 27:55, 56
Government
Be subject to authorities … Rom. 13:1–7; Titus 3:1, 2
Give to Caesar what is his … Matt. 22:17–21
God’s authority overrules … Acts 4:19, 20; 5:29
Jesus will rule Israel … Matt. 2:6
A king and his servants … Matt. 18:23–35
Misrule by kings … Matt. 2:3–16; 14:1–11
Pilate sentences Jesus … Matt. 27:11–26
Pray for all in authority … 1 Tim. 2:1, 2
Rulers’ power is from above … John 19:10, 11
Submit to rulers … 1 Pet. 2:13–15
Grace
Call of God through grace … Gal. 1:15
Came through Jesus Christ … John 1:17
Grace abounds toward us … 2 Cor. 9:8
Grow in grace … 2 Pet. 3:18
Justified by grace … Rom. 3:24; 5:15, 17
Speak with grace … Eph. 4:29
Gratitude
As praise … Heb. 13:15
Be thankful … Col. 3:15–17
For answered prayer … John 11:41
For the Lord’s Supper … 1 Cor. 11:24
For reception of God’s Word … 1 Thess. 2:13
For salvation … 2 Cor. 9:15
Grace at meals … Matt. 14:19
Jesus set an example … Matt. 11:25; 26:27
Prayer with thanksgiving … Phil. 4:6; Col. 4:2
Receive food with thanksgiving … 1 Tim. 4:3–5
Thankful for the brethren … Eph. 1:16
Thankful for victory … 1 Cor. 15:57
Thankful in all things … Eph. 5:20; 1 Thess. 5:18
Greed
Bishops should not covet … 1 Tim. 3:3; Titus 1:7
Contentment is gain … 1 Tim. 6:6–11
Do not fellowship with the greedy … 1 Cor. 5:11
Good shepherds are not greedy … 1 Pet. 5:2
The greedy do not inherit the kingdom … Eph. 5:5
Love of money is a root of evil … 1 Tim. 6:10
Mark of false leaders … 2 Pet. 2:3; Jude 11
A mind set on earthly things … Phil. 3:18, 19
Parable of the rich fool … Luke 12:13–21
Paul would not covet … 1 Thess. 2:5
Treasures in heaven … Matt. 6:19–21, 33
What profit is gain? … Matt. 16:26
Hatred
Being hated for Jesus’ sake … Matt. 10:22; John 17:14
Hating one’s brother … 1 John 2:9–11; 3:10, 15; 4:20
Hatred is a work of the flesh … Gal. 5:19, 20; Col. 3:8
Love your enemies … Matt. 5:43, 44
The world hates Jesus … John 15:18–25
Holiness
Angels are holy … Matt. 25:31
Be sanctified completely … 1 Thess. 5:22, 23
Believers are a holy nation … 1 Pet. 2:9
Believers are a holy priesthood … 1 Pet. 2:5
Do not give what is holy to dogs … Matt. 7:6
Godliness is profitable … 1 Tim. 4:8
Jerusalem, the holy city … Matt. 4:5; 27:53
Lay aside sin … Heb. 12:1
Present your bodies … Rom. 12:1, 2
Put on the new man … Eph. 4:20–24
Reckon yourself dead to sin … Rom. 6:11–13, 22
Vessels of honor … 2 Tim. 2:19–22
You are the temple of God … 1 Cor. 3:16; 6:19, 20
Honesty
Conscience bears witness … Rom. 9:1
Jesus praised for teaching truth … Matt. 22:16
Known by one’s words … Matt. 12:33–37
Paul spoke the truth … 1 Tim. 2:7
Put away lying … Eph. 4:25
Speak truth in love … Eph. 4:15
Think on true things … Phil. 4:8
Truth welcomes light … John 3:21
Worship God in truth … John 4:23, 24
Honor
Among nonbelievers … 1 Pet. 2:12
Do what is honorable … 2 Cor. 13:7
Honor your parents … Matt. 15:4
Honorable things … 2 Cor. 8:21
Honoring Jesus with lip service … Matt. 15:8
Live honorably … Heb. 13:18
People do not honor Christ … John 5:41, 44
A prophet not honored at home … Matt. 13:57
Humility
Be clothed with humility … 1 Pet. 5:5, 6
Be humble as a child … Matt. 18:4
False humility … Col. 2:18–23
A humble tax collector … Luke 18:9–14
The humble will be exalted … Matt. 23:12
Humble yourselves … James 4:6–10
Put on humility … Col. 3:12
Walk worthy, in humility … Eph. 4:1–3
Immortality
Assurance of the resurrection … 2 Cor. 5:1–10
Believers shall live … John 11:25, 26
Christ has immortality … 1 Tim. 6:16
Eternal life by following Jesus … Matt. 19:21, 29
Eternal life or punishment … Matt. 25:46
Inheritance incorruptible … 1 Pet. 1:3–8
Nothing separates us … Rom. 8:38, 39
Resurrection of life … John 5:28, 29
We shall be like Christ … 1 John 3:2
Inclusiveness
Distinctions done away with … Gal. 3:26–28
Gentiles received by the church … Acts 11:1–18
God does not show favoritism … Gal. 2:6–9
God shows no partiality … Acts 10:34, 35
God wants all to be saved … 1 Tim. 2:4
The gospel is for all nations … Matt. 28:19, 20
The gospel is for everyone … Rev. 22:17
Jesus came to save the world … John 3:16
The same Lord over all … Rom. 10:12
Jealousy
See Envy
Justice
Christ’s judgment … John 5:30
God sends rain on just and unjust … Matt. 5:45
Joseph’s justice toward Mary … Matt. 1:18–25
Judged according to work … 1 Pet. 1:17
Justice declared to Gentiles … Matt. 12:18–21
Justice toward servants … Col. 4:1
No partiality with God … Acts 10:34, 35; Rom. 2:11
Pilate and his wife called Jesus just … Matt. 27:19, 24
Vengeance is God’s … Heb. 10:30
A weighty matter of the law … Matt. 23:23
Wicked and just to be separated … Matt. 13:49, 50
Justification
Kindness
Be kind to one another … Eph. 4:32
A fruit of the Spirit … Gal. 5:22
God is kind to the unthankful … Luke 6:35
Love is kind … 1 Cor. 13:4
Knowledge
Abounding in knowledge … Phil. 1:9
All the treasures of knowledge … Col. 2:3
The future is known to God … Matt. 24:36
God knows all things … Matt. 6:8, 32
Jesus knows our thoughts … Matt. 9:4
Kingdom mysteries made known … Matt. 13:11
Knowing the Holy Scriptures … 2 Tim. 3:15
Knowledge of the Father and Son … Matt. 11:27
Saving knowledge of God … John 17:3
Lay Involvement
Ability supplied by God … 1 Pet. 4:10, 11
Christ’s commission … Mark 16:15, 16
Christian sacrifice … Rom. 12:1, 2
Disciples given power … Luke 10:1
Every believer has a ministry … 1 Cor. 12:12–31
God gives gifts for service … Rom. 12:3–8; 1 Cor. 12:4–11
Ministry of reconciliation … 2 Cor. 5:18–20
Laziness
All should work who can … 2 Thess. 3:7–12
Be diligent … Rom. 12:11; Heb. 6:11, 12
Idle women … 1 Tim. 5:13
Parable of the talents … Matt. 25:14–30
Paul’s diligence … 1 Thess. 2:9
Wasting time … Eph. 5:14–16
Leadership
Be an example … 2 Thess. 3:9
Be a servant-leader … Matt. 20:26
The blind cannot lead the blind … Matt. 15:14
A faithful servant-leader … 2 Tim. 2:1–6
Give no offense … 2 Cor. 4:2; 6:3–10
Instruction for leadership … 1 Tim. 4:12–16; Titus 1:7–9; 2:7
Paul: a model servant-leader … 1 Thess. 2:1–11
Qualifications for leadership … 1 Tim. 3:1–12
Love
The bond of perfection … Col. 3:14
Brotherly love … Rom. 12:9, 10; 1 Pet. 1:22
Characteristics of love … 1 Cor. 13:1–8
Compelled by Christ’s love … 2 Cor. 5:14, 15
Do all with love … 1 Cor. 16:14
Faith works through love … Gal. 5:6
From a pure heart … 1 Tim. 1:5
God is love … 1 John 4:8
Keep yourself in love … Jude 21
A leader’s example … 1 Tim. 4:12
Love Christ more than family … Matt. 10:37
Love fervently … 1 Pet. 1:22
Love fulfills the law … Rom. 13:8–10; Gal. 5:13, 14
Love in deed and truth … 1 John 3:18
Love the Lord God … Matt. 22:37
The love of many will grow cold … Matt. 24:12
Love one another … John 15:12, 17
Love toward enemies … Matt. 5:43–46
Love toward one’s neighbor … Matt. 19:19; 22:39
Paul’s desire for believers … Eph. 3:17–19
Power, love, and a sound mind … 2 Tim. 1:7
Results in obedience to God … John 14:15, 21
Walk in love … Eph. 5:2
We possess God’s love … Rom. 5:5
Lust
Flee youthful lusts … 2 Tim. 2:22
How temptation succeeds … James 1:14, 15
Lust for a woman is adultery … Matt. 5:28
Lust of the flesh and eyes … 1 John 2:16
No provision for the flesh … Rom. 13:14
Proceeds out of the heart … Matt. 15:19
Walk in the Spirit … Gal. 5:16
Men
Advice for men in a church … 1 Tim. 2:8
Advice to husbands … Eph. 5:25–33; Col. 3:19
Be an example … 1 Tim. 4:12
Be mature and responsible … 1 Cor. 13:11
Beware of men; trust the Spirit … Matt. 10:17–22
A generous father … Matt. 7:9–11
Honor your wife … 1 Pet. 3:7
A man and his wife are united … Matt. 19:3–6
Man is made in God’s image … 1 Cor. 11:7
A man under authority … Matt. 8:8–10
Provide for elderly parents … 1 Tim. 5:4
Provide for their children … 2 Cor. 12:14
A rich young man … Matt. 19:16–24
Rule their homes well … 1 Tim. 3:4
Train their children … Eph. 6:4
Mercy
Be merciful as the Father is … Luke 6:36
Blessed are the merciful … Matt. 5:7
God’s saving mercy … Titus 3:5
Healing flows from mercy … Matt. 20:30–34
Mercy from the throne of grace … Heb. 4:16
Mercy obtains mercy … James 2:13
Preferred over sacrifice … Matt. 9:13; 12:7
Put on tender mercies … Col. 3:12, 13
A weighty matter of the law … Matt. 23:23
With cheerfulness … Rom. 12:8
Money and Finances
All things are yours … 1 Cor. 3:21, 22
Cannot serve two masters … Luke 16:10–13
Fair compensation … Col. 4:1
Forsaking all for Christ … Matt. 19:29
Give according to ability … 1 Cor. 16:1, 2
Give and be given to … Luke 6:38
Give freely and cheerfully … 2 Cor. 9:6–11
God gives freely … Rom. 8:32
Godliness with contentment … 1 Tim. 6:6
Hard for rich to enter kingdom … Matt. 19:23, 24
Money changers driven from temple … Matt. 21:12, 13
Needs are supplied by God … Phil. 4:19
Owe no one anything but love … Rom. 13:8
Parable of the talents … Matt. 25:14–30
Payment of taxes … Matt. 17:24–27; 22:16–21
Poor are rich in faith … James 2:5
Riches are deceitful … Matt. 13:22
A rich man buried Jesus … Matt. 27:57
Trust not in riches … 1 Tim. 6:17–19
Worry is unnecessary … Matt. 6:25–34
See also Greed
Old Age
Anna’s spiritual service … Luke 2:36–38
The elderly are to be examples … Titus 2:1–5
Family’s responsibility toward … 1 Tim. 5:4
Old men shall dream dreams … Acts 2:17
Respect your elders … 1 Tim. 5:1, 2
Parents
See Family
Poverty
Blessed are the poor … Matt. 5:3; Luke 6:20
Discrimination against the poor … James 2:1–9
Give to the poor … Matt. 19:21
Gospel preached to the poor … Matt. 11:4–6; Luke 4:16–21
Jesus became poor for humanity … 2 Cor. 8:9
The poor are with us always … Matt. 26:11; John 12:8
Wealthy yet spiritually poor … Rev. 3:17, 18
The widow’s mite … Luke 21:1–4
Power
All created through Christ … Col. 1:16; Rev. 4:10, 11
Authority over Satan’s power … Luke 10:19; Col. 2:15
God’s is the power forever … Matt. 6:13
The gospel came in power … 1 Thess. 1:5
Jesus anointed with power … Acts 10:38
Jesus has power to forgive sins … Matt. 9:6–8
The message of the Cross … 1 Cor. 1:18
Power, love, and a sound mind … 2 Tim. 1:7
The power of Christ’s resurrection … Phil. 3:10; Heb. 2:14
Power over unclean spirits … Matt. 10:1
Power to forgive sins … Mark 2:10
Praise for God’s power … Jude 24, 25
Provision for life and godliness … 2 Pet. 1:3
Sadducees knew not God’s power … Matt. 22:29
Satanic power … Eph. 2:2; 2 Thess. 2:9
Son of Man to return with power … Matt. 24:30
Whole armor of God … Eph. 6:10–18
Prejudice
Between Jews and Samaritans … John 4:9
Caused by ignorance … 1 Tim. 1:13
Consider no man common … Acts 10:28
Gentiles received by the church … Acts 11:1–18
God shows no partiality … Acts 10:34
Of Pharisees toward Jesus … John 9:16–41
Parable of the Good Samaritan … Luke 10:30–37
Toward the poor … James 2:1–4
Pride
Avoid the pride of Pharisees … Matt. 23:1–8
Be a servant … Matt. 20:26, 27
Comes from within and defiles … Mark 7:20–23
Do not think too highly of yourself … Rom. 12:3
Esteem others better than yourself … Phil. 2:3
God resists the proud … James 4:6
How does one differ from another? … 1 Cor. 4:7
Let no one deceive himself … 1 Cor. 3:18
Position sought for sons … Matt. 20:20–23
The pride of life … 1 John 2:16
Professing to be wise … Rom. 1:22, 23
The proud fall like the devil … 1 Tim. 3:6
Self-exaltation leads to a fall … Matt. 23:12
Submit thoughts to Christ … 2 Cor. 10:5
See also Humility
Redemption
See Salvation
Religion
“Depart from Me” … Matt. 7:21–23
A form of godliness … 2 Tim. 3:5
The Law summarized … Matt. 22:36–40
Love is what fulfills the law … Rom. 13:10
Love for God and neighbors … Mark 12:28–34
Not saying, “Lord, Lord” … Matt. 7:21–23
Pure religion … James 1:26, 27
Some are hypocrites … Matt. 23:13–33
The tradition of men … Mark 7:6–13
True religion: Sermon on the Mount … Matt. 5:1—7:29
Repentance
Causes joy in heaven … Luke 15:7, 10
Godly sorrow leads to it … 2 Cor. 7:9, 10
God’s goodness leads to it … Rom. 2:4
God’s longsuffering hopes for it … 2 Pet. 3:9
Involves a change of behavior … Matt. 3:8
Jesus preached it … Matt. 4:17
John the Baptist preached it … Matt. 3:2; Mark 1:4
Ninevites repented … Matt. 12:41
Repent and be baptized … Acts 2:37–39
Unrepentant cities rebuked … Matt. 11:20, 21
Zacchaeus gave restitution … Luke 19:8
Responsibility
Church discipline … 1 Cor. 5:1–8, 11, 13; Gal. 6:1, 2
Consider a brother’s conscience … 1 Cor. 8:9–13
Toward those who wrong us … Matt. 18:15–17, 21, 22
Use God-given talents … Matt. 25:14–30
We will give account … Rom. 14:12
Rest and Leisure
Apostles rested after traveling … Mark 6:30–32
Do everything as unto the Lord … Col. 3:17
God rested from all of His works … Heb. 4:4
Jesus gives rest for the soul … Matt. 11:28–30
Jesus relaxed with friends … Matt. 9:10–15; 11:19
Jesus slept during a storm … Matt. 8:24
Rest for God’s people … Heb. 4:3–11
The Sabbath was made for man … Mark 2:27
Righteousness
Abraham righteous by faith … Gal. 3:6; James 2:23
The breastplate of righteousness … Eph. 6:14
Exceed scribes’ and Pharisees’ … Matt. 5:20
First seek God’s righteousness … Matt. 6:33
Fruits of, glorify God … Phil. 1:11
God’s righteousness revealed … Rom. 1:16, 17; 3:21, 22
Jesus was baptized to fulfill it … Matt. 3:15
Made righteous by faith … Rom. 4:3, 20–24; 10:10
Made righteous through Jesus … 2 Cor. 5:21
Not our righteousness but God’s … Phil. 3:9
Practicing righteousness … 1 John 3:7
Pursue righteousness … 1 Tim. 6:11
Righteous acts of the saints … Rev. 19:8
Righteous not called but sinners … Matt. 9:13
Those persecuted for its sake … Matt. 5:10
Those who thirst for it are blessed … Matt. 5:6
Righteous will shine like the sun in God’s kingdom … Matt. 13:43
Salvation
Author of eternal salvation … Heb. 5:9
Be saved by faith in Christ … Acts 16:30, 31
Christ has redeemed us … Gal. 3:13
Christ the Savior of the world … John 4:42; 1 Tim. 1:15
Confess and believe … Rom. 10:9, 10
Desire to lose life and find it … Matt. 16:25
For everyone who believes … Rom. 1:16, 17
God’s desire for everyone … 1 Tim. 2:4–6
He who endures to the end will be saved … Matt. 10:22; 24:13
Jesus came to save the lost … Luke 19:10
Jesus is the only way to be saved … John 3:15–17; Acts 4:12
Jesus will save His people … Matt. 1:21
Justified by Christ’s blood … Rom. 5:6–11
Not to be neglected … Heb. 2:3
Now is the day of salvation … 2 Cor. 6:2
Saved by grace through faith … Eph. 2:8
The Son of Man came to seek and save … Matt. 18:11
Take the helmet of salvation … Eph. 6:17
Whoever calls on Jesus’ name … Rom. 10:13
Wisdom for salvation … 2 Tim. 3:15
Sin
All have sinned … Rom. 3:23; 1 John 1:8, 10
Blood shed for sin’s remission … Matt. 26:28
Christ died for our sins … Rom. 5:8; 1 Cor. 15:3
Christ takes away sins … John 1:29; 1 John 3:5
Confession brings forgiveness … 1 John 1:9
Do not cause a child to sin … Matt. 18:6
If a brother sins against you … Matt. 18:15
Jesus forgave sins … Matt. 9:2
Jesus made to be sin for us … 2 Cor. 5:21
The practicer of sin is of the devil … 1 John 3:8
Remission of sins to the nations … Luke 24:47
Repentance causes joy in heaven … Luke 15:7
Sin brings death … Rom. 6:23; James 1:15
Sin came through Adam … Rom. 5:12
Sin is deceitful … Heb. 3:12, 13
Sinners called upon to repent … Matt. 9:13
There is no sin in Jesus … 1 John 3:5
Those baptized confessed sins … Matt. 3:6
Speech, Evil
Avoid foolish disputes … 2 Tim. 2:23
Foolish talk and coarse jesting … Eph. 5:4
Justified or condemned by words … Matt. 12:37
Lay aside evil speaking … Eph. 4:29; 1 Pet. 2:1
Put away lying … Eph. 4:25
Refrain the tongue from evil … 1 Pet. 3:10
Speak no evil of others … Titus 3:2; James 4:11
The unruly tongue … James 3:2–10
Vain repetition in prayer … Matt. 6:7, 8
Will give account of idle words … Matt. 12:36
Speech, Good
Be slow to speak … James 1:19, 26
Jesus spoke words to heal … Matt. 8:8–13, 16
Live by every word from God … Matt. 4:4
Speak in the name of Jesus … Col. 3:17
Speak to the mountain … Mark 11:23, 24
Speak with grace … Col. 4:6
Speak words that edify … Eph. 4:29
The Spirit gives words to speak … Matt. 10:18–20
Words justify and condemn … Matt. 12:37
Success
Do all things through Christ … Phil. 4:13
Do not give up doing good … Gal. 6:9
Persevere with godly goals … Phil. 3:13, 14
Put God first in life … Matt. 6:32, 33
Suffering
Cannot compare to coming glory … Rom. 8:18; 1 Pet. 4:13
Christ learned obedience by it … Heb. 5:8
Jesus alleviated suffering … Matt. 9:20–22; 17:15–18
Jesus had to suffer for us … Matt. 16:21; 17:12
Know Christ through suffering … Phil. 3:10
Persecution for Christ’s sake … Acts 5:41; Phil. 1:27–30
Suffering as Jesus did … 1 Pet. 2:21
Temptation
God does not tempt anyone … James 1:13
God makes a way out for us … 1 Cor. 10:13
Jesus didn’t yield to temptation … Heb. 4:15
Jesus was tempted as we are … Heb. 2:17, 18
Jesus was tempted by the devil … Matt. 4:1–11
Pray to avoid temptation … Matt. 26:41
Thankfulness
See Gratitude
Truth
See Honesty
Urban Life
See Cities
Wealth
Wisdom
Ask God for needed wisdom … James 1:5
Be wise as serpents but harmless … Matt. 10:16
Characteristics of godly wisdom … James 3:17
Jesus’ example … Luke 2:52
Prayers for wisdom … Eph. 1:17; Col. 1:9
Things of God hidden from the wise … Matt. 11:25
Wisdom justified by her children … Matt. 11:19
A wise man builds on the rock … Matt. 7:24
Wise men honored Jesus … Matt. 2:1–16
The wise virgins were ready … Matt. 25:1–13
The world’s wisdom … 1 Cor. 1:19–21; 3:19; James 3:15
Women
Advice for women in a church … 1 Tim. 2:9–15
Advice to wives … Eph. 5:22–24; Col. 3:18
Anointed Jesus for burial … Matt. 26:6–13
Communicated the Good News … John 4:29
Followed Jesus … Matt. 27:55, 56; Luke 8:2, 3
Got John the Baptist beheaded … Matt. 14:3–11
Prophesied … Acts 21:9
Qualities of deacons’ wives … 1 Tim. 3:11
Served the church … Rom. 16:1–3, 6, 12
Were healed by Jesus … Matt. 9:18–26; 15:22–28
Witnessed the Resurrection … Matt. 28:1, 5–10
Wives to submit and be chaste … 1 Pet. 3:1–6
Work
All who labor can come to Jesus … Matt. 11:28–30
God will not forget your work … Heb. 6:10
Laborers needed for the gospel … Matt. 9:37, 38
The landowner and his laborers … Matt. 20:1–16
Let us finish the Father’s work … John 4:34–38
Not working means not eating … 2 Thess. 3:10
Two sons asked to work … Matt. 21:28–32
Work for treasures in heaven … Matt. 6:19–34
Work while it is day … John 9:4
Work with your hands … 1 Thess. 4:11, 12
See also Career/Calling; Laziness
Worship
Do not worship creation but God … Rom. 1:25
Heavenly worship toward Jesus … Rev. 4:10, 11
Hypocrites worship in vain … Matt. 15:9
Jesus accepted worship … Matt. 8:2; 9:18; 14:33
Order in the worship service … 1 Cor. 11; 14
Present your life to God … Rom. 12:1
Worship and serve God only … Matt. 4:10
Worship God in spirit and truth … John 4:23, 24
Youth
As examples of godly fervor … 1 John 2:13–14
Be a godly example … 1 Tim. 4:12
Become like children in spirit … Matt. 18:1–4
Childish behavior rebuked … Matt. 11:16
Children, obey your parents … Eph. 6:1–3
Children worshiped Jesus … Matt. 21:15
Flee youthful lusts … 2 Tim. 2:22
Instructions to young adults … Titus 2:4–8
Let children come to Jesus … Matt. 19:13, 14
The rich young ruler … Matt. 19:16–22
Treatment of young men and women … 1 Tim. 5:1, 2
Young men shall see visions … Acts 2:17
The young should submit to elders … 1 Pet. 5:5