— I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing....
The Bible also refers to the person of the antichrist in Revelation 13. Revelation 13:1-4 describes the antichrist as the beast that comes out of the sea. The sea represents a place of evil, wickedness, chaos, and resisting God. It also represents the Gentiles. The antichrist will be an...
Regard with horror what is evil; cling to what is right.World English BibleLet love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. Literal TranslationsLiteral Standard VersionThe love unhypocritical: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;Berean Literal Bible...
7 But if by my lying, the truth of God abounded to his glory, why am I also still condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we say), “Let us do evil, in order that good may come of it”? Theirc condemnation is just! The Entire...
Because of the Holy Spirit's work in us at the time of salvation, basic discernment is something all Christians are called to develop.Hebrews 5:14teaches that mature believers, through practice, learn to distinguish good from evil. This means that while not everyone will possess the supernatural...
Such a notion is supported by the Bible. Consider, for example, Proverbs 19:25: “Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence.” Proverbs 22:10 is another: “Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.” ...
Rejected Books of the Bible and What Happened to Them Archaeological evidence of Jesus does not exist. There is no definitive physical or archaeological evidence of the existence of Jesus. “There’s nothing conclusive, nor would I expect there to be,” Mykytiuk says. “Peasants don’t normal...
7 For if the truth of God, in my lie, has more abounded to his glory, why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8 and not, according as we are injuriously charged, and according as some affirm that we say, Let us practise evil things, that good ones may come? whose judgment is ...
Paul explains God is restraining this mystery of iniquity, the evil force of sin, until the appropriate time. This mystery of iniquity, therefore, is part of an epic spiritual struggle and story between God and Satan. However, Paul comforts the believers in Thessalonica. God is still in ...
“They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also ...