Bible verses about "unbelievers" | BBE

³⁰ And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead. ³¹ And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he went by on the other side. ³² And in the same way, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, went by on the other side. ³³ But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him, ³⁴ And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him. ³⁵ And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed. ³⁶ Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves? ³⁷ And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.

¹⁵ If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

¹⁶ For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

²³ For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

²⁰ For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:

⁴ For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

¹ Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based, ² By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect. ³ For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings; ⁴ And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings; ⁵ And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve; ⁶ Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping; ⁷ Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles. ⁸ And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me. ⁹ For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God. ¹⁰ But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me. ¹¹ If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith. ¹² Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead? ¹³ But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead: ¹⁴ And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect. ¹⁵ Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead. ¹⁶ For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again: ¹⁷ And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins. ¹⁸ And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction. ¹⁹ If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy. ²⁰ But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping. ²¹ For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead. ²² For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life. ²³ But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming. ²⁴ Then comes the end, when he will give up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have put an end to all rule and to all authority and power. ²⁵ For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet. ²⁶ The last power to come to an end is death. ²⁷ For, as it says, He has put all things under his feet. But when he says, All things are put under him, it is clear that it is not said about him who put all things under him. ²⁸ And when all things have been put under him, then will the Son himself be under him who put all things under him, so that God may be all in all. ²⁹ Again, what will they do who are given baptism for the dead? if the dead do not come back at all, why are people given baptism for them? ³⁰ And why are we in danger every hour? ³¹ Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death. ³² If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end. ³³ Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour. ³⁴ Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame. ³⁵ But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come? ³⁶ Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again: ³⁷ And when you put it into the earth, you do not put in the body which it will be, but only the seed, of grain or some other sort of plant; ³⁸ But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body. ³⁹ All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, and another of fishes. ⁴⁰ And there are bodies of heaven and bodies of earth, but the glory of the one is different from that of the other. ⁴¹ There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for the glory of one star is different from that of another. ⁴² So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life: ⁴³ It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power: ⁴⁴ It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit. ⁴⁵ And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit. ⁴⁶ But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit. ⁴⁷ The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven. ⁴⁸ Those who are of the earth are like the man who was from the earth: and those who are of heaven are like the one from heaven. ⁴⁹ And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven. ⁵⁰ Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life. ⁵¹ See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed. ⁵² In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed. ⁵³ For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life. ⁵⁴ But when this has taken place, then that which was said in the Writings will come true, Death is overcome by life. ⁵⁵ O death, where is your power? O death, where are your pains? ⁵⁶ The pain of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law: ⁵⁷ But praise be to God who gives us strength to overcome through our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁵⁸ For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

¹ Now about the giving of money for the saints, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so do you. ² On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come. ³ And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem. ⁴ And if it is possible for me to go there, they will go with me. ⁵ But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia, for that is my purpose; ⁶ But I may be with you for a time, or even for the winter, so that you may see me on my way, wherever I go. ⁷ For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure. ⁸ But I will be at Ephesus till Pentecost; ⁹ For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me. ¹⁰ Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; because he is doing the Lord's work, even as I am: ¹¹ See then that he has the honour which is right. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me: for I am looking for him with the brothers. ¹² But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance. ¹³ Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men. ¹⁴ Let all you do be done in love. ¹⁵ Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints, ¹⁶ That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work. ¹⁷ And I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for they have done what was needed to make your work complete. ¹⁸ For they gave comfort to my spirit and to yours: for which cause give respect to such people. ¹⁹ The churches of Asia send their love to you. So do Aquila and Prisca, with the church which is in their house. ²⁰ All the brothers send their love to you. Give one another a holy kiss. ²¹ I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing. ²² If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha our Lord comes. ²³ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. ²⁴ My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. So be it.

⁸ But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.

¹² My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:

⁴ Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.

²⁰ For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

⁸ If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

¹⁴ Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

¹⁸ Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;

⁹ In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh; ¹⁰ But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely: ¹¹ But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him. ¹² For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you; ¹³ As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.

¹⁴ Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark? ¹⁵ And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not? ¹⁶ And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. ¹⁷ For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself, ¹⁸ And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.