Bible verses about "theology" | Moffatt

¹ Let us pass on then to what is mature, leaving elementary Christian doctrine behind, instead of laying the foundation over again with repentance from dead works, with faith in God, ² with instruction about ablutions and the laying on of hands, about the resurrection of the dead and eternal punishment. ³ With God's permission, we will take this step. ⁴ For in the case of people who have been once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly Gift, who participated in the holy Spirit, ⁵ who tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the world to come, and then fell away — ⁶ it is impossible to make them repent afresh, since they crucify the Son of God in their own persons and hold him up to obloquy. ⁷ For land which absorbs the rain that often falls on it, and bears plants that are useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God; ⁸ whereas, if it produces thorns and thistles, it is reprobate and on the verge of being cursed — its fate is to be burned. ⁹ Though I say this, beloved, I feel sure you will take the better course that means salvation. ¹⁰ God is not unfair; he will not forget what you have done, or the love you have shown for his sake in ministering, as you still do, to the saints. ¹¹ It is my heart's desire that each of you would prove equally keen upon realizing your full hope to the very end, ¹² so that instead of being slack you may imitate those who inherit the promises by their stedfast faith. ¹³ For in making a promise to Abraham God swore by himself (since he could swear by none greater), ¹⁴ I will indeed bless you and multiply you. ¹⁵ Thus it was that Abraham by his stedfastness obtained what he had been promised. ¹⁶ For as men swear by a greater than themselves, and as an oath means to them a guarantee that ends any dispute, ¹⁷ God, in his desire to afford the heirs of the Promise a special proof of the solid character of his purpose, interposed with an oath; ¹⁸ so that by these two solid facts (the Promise and the Oath), where it is impossible for God to be false, we refugees might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us, ¹⁹ anchoring the soul to it safe and sure, as it enters the inner Presence behind the veil. ²⁰ There Jesus entered for us in advance, when he became high priest for ever with the rank of Melchizedek.

⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, as you had faith; it is not your doing but God's gift, ⁹ not the outcome of what you have done — lest anyone should pride himself on that;

¹ THE Logos existed in the very beginning, the Logos was with God, the Logos was divine. ² He was with God in the very beginning: ³ through him all existence came into being, no existence came into being apart from him. ⁴ In him life lay, and this life was the Light for men: ⁵ amid the darkness the Light shone, but the darkness did not master it. ⁶ A man appeared, sent by God, whose name was John: ⁷ he came for the purpose of witnessing, to bear testimony to the Light, so that all men might believe by means of him. ⁸ He was not the Light; it was to bear testimony to the Light that he appeared. ⁹ The real Light, which enlightens every man, was coming then into the world: ¹⁰ he entered the world — the world which existed through him — yet the world did not recognize him; ¹¹ he came to what was his own, yet his own folk did not welcome him. ¹² On those who have accepted him, however, he has conferred the right of being children of God, that is, on those who believe in his Name, ¹³ who owe this birth of theirs to God, not to human blood, nor to any impulse of the flesh or of man. ¹⁴ So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory — glory such as an only son enjoys from his father — seen it to be full of grace and reality.

³ First and foremost, I passed on to you what I had myself received, namely, that Christ died for our sins as the scriptures had said,

¹⁶ All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for amendment, and for moral discipline,