Bible verses about "belittling" | Riverside

¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it abundantly.

¹ IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was in the beginning with God. ³ All things came into being through him, and apart from him not one thing came into being that has come into being. ⁴ In him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. ⁵ And the Light shone in the darkness, but the darkness did not understand it. ⁶ There came a man, sent from God. His name was John. ⁷ He came for testimony, to testify about the Light, that all might believe through him. ⁸ He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. ⁹ The true Light, which enlightens every man, was coming into the world. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world had come into being through him, yet the world did not know him. ¹¹ He came to his own things, but his own men did not receive him. ¹² All who received him — to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, ¹³ who were born not of blood nor of the will of flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. ¹⁴ The Word became flesh and tented among us, and we looked upon his glory, glory as of an only son from a father, full of grace and truth. ¹⁵ John bore witness to him and cried, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has become before me, for he was before me.' " ¹⁶ For of his fullness we all have received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has interpreted him. ¹⁹ This is the testimony of John when the Jews of Jerusalem sent to him priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?" ²⁰ He confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." ²¹ They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No." ²² They said then, "Who are you? Let us have an answer to give to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" ²³ He said, "I am 'the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said." ²⁴ The men had been sent from the Pharisees. ²⁵ They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet?" ²⁶ John answered them, "I baptize with water. In the midst of you stands one whom you do not know — ²⁷ the One who is coming after me — for whom I am not worthy to loosen the strap of his sandal." ²⁸ This happened in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who has become before me, for he was before me.' ³¹ I did not know him, but I knew that he was to be shown to Israel. For that reason I came baptizing with water." ³² John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and it remained on him. ³³ I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water — he said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining, that is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' ³⁴ And I saw it and have borne witness that this is the Son of God." ³⁵ Again on the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, ³⁶ and, looking at Jesus as he walked, he said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" ³⁷ The two disciples heard him say this and they followed Jesus. ³⁸ Jesus turned and looked at them as they followed, and said to them, "What do you wish?" They said to him, "Rabbi (which means, when translated, Teacher), where are you staying?" ³⁹ He said to them, "Come and see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and stayed with him that day. It was then about four in the afternoon. ⁴⁰ Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two that heard about Jesus from John and followed him. ⁴¹ He found first his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah (which means, when translated, the Christ)!" ⁴² He led him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, "You are Simon, the son of John. You shall be called Cephas" (which is in Greek, Peter, that is, Rock). ⁴³ On the next day Jesus decided to go away to Galilee, and he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." ⁴⁴ Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law and of whom the prophets wrote — Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth." ⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, "From Nazareth can there be anything good?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said, "See, here is a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit." ⁴⁸ Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." ⁴⁹ Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel!" ⁵⁰ Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you underneath the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than this." ⁵¹ He added, "Truly, truly, I tell you you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."

¹ MY brethren, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality for persons. ² For if there comes into your assembly a man with gold rings and in fine clothes, and there comes in a poor man in soiled clothes, ³ and you look up to the man who is wearing the fine clothes and say, "Take this good seat," and say to the poor man, "Stand there," or "Sit under my footstool," ⁴ are you not making distinctions in your own minds and have you not become judges with wicked thoughts? ⁵ Listen, my beloved brethren, did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him? ⁶ But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you before courts? ⁷ Do they not speak profanely of the noble name by which you are called? ⁸ If you keep the royal law according to the Scripture, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," you do well. ⁹ But if you have partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as law-breakers. ¹⁰ For he who keeps the whole law, but stumbles in one point, has become guilty of all. ¹¹ For he who said, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," said also, "Thou shalt not commit murder." If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a law-breaker. ¹² So speak and so act as those who are soon to be judged by a law of liberty. ¹³ For judgment is merciless to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. ¹⁴ Of what use is it, my brethren, for any one to say that he has faith, if he has not works? Can faith save him? ¹⁵ If a brother or sister is naked and lacks food for the day ¹⁶ and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and fed," but you do not give them what the body needs, what is the good of it? ¹⁷ Just so faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. ¹⁸ But some one will say, "You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith without your works and I will show you my faith by my works." ¹⁹ You have faith that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons have that faith, and they shudder. ²⁰ Are you willing to learn, O vacant-minded man, that faith without works is useless? ²¹ Was not Abraham, our father, pronounced righteous because of works when he laid Isaac his son on the altar? ²² You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was made perfect ²³ and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham had faith in God and it was credited to him for righteousness" and he was called "God's friend." ²⁴ You see that a man is pronounced righteous because of works and not because of faith alone. ²⁵ In the same way was not Rahab, the prostitute, pronounced righteous because of works when she had received the messengers and sent them out by a different road? ²⁶ For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.

¹⁵ Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is won you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

³ So whatever they tell you, do and observe, but do not do as they do. For they say and do not.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that every one who believes in him may not perish, but have life eternal.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, slowness to anger, kindness, benevolence, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.

²⁶ "Be angry and do not sin." Do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

¹ WE who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. ² Each of us should please his neighbor for his good so as to build him up. ³ For Christ did not please himself, but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who were reproaching thee fell on me." ⁴ All that was written of old was written for our instruction, in order that by patience and by the encouragement of the Scriptures we may have hope. ⁵ May the God of patience and encouragement grant to you to have harmony with one another, in the manner of Christ Jesus, ⁶ so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁷ Therefore, welcome one another as Christ welcomed us, to the glory of God. ⁸ For I say that Christ became a servant of circumcision for the sake of God's truth, in order to confirm the promises given to the fathers ⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written, "For this will I confess thee among the Gentiles and sing to thy name." ¹⁰ And again Scripture says, "Rejoice, Gentiles, with his people." ¹¹ And again, "Sing to the Lord, all Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him." ¹² And again Isaiah says, "There will be a root of Jesse, and one who rises to rule Gentiles: in him Gentiles will hope." ¹³ May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit! ¹⁴ I am persuaded, my brethren — yes, I myself — regarding you, that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able to instruct one another. ¹⁵ But I have written rather boldly to you, partly to remind you, because of the grace given to me from God, ¹⁶ that I may be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, in priestly service of the good news of God, in order that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷ I do boast in Christ Jesus of my work for God. ¹⁸ For I will not venture to speak except of what Christ has done through me to promote obedience of Gentiles, by word and deed, ¹⁹ through the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Holy Spirit, so that from Jerusalem around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the good news of Christ, ²⁰ being ambitious to tell the good news where Christ has not been named, so that I might not build on any other man's foundation, ²¹ but as it is written, "They who have had no message of him shall see and they who have not heard shall understand." ²² This is why I have been so much hindered in coming to you. ²³ But now having no more territory in these regions and having for many years had a strong desire to come to you ²⁴ while making a journey to Spain, I hope to see you as I pass through and to be furthered on my journey by you, after first partially satisfying my desire of being with you. ²⁵ But now I am on my way to Jerusalem to render service to the holy. ²⁶ For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the holy in Jerusalem. ²⁷ They have been pleased to do this and indeed they are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared their things of the spirit, they owe them sacred service in things of the body. ²⁸ So after completing this and sealing to them this fruit, I shall come away and pass by you to Spain. ²⁹ And I know that when I come to you it will be in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. ³⁰ I beg you, brethren, for the sake of our Lord Jesus and the love of the Spirit to join me in wrestling in prayer to God on my behalf, ³¹ that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judaea and that my service in Jerusalem may be pleasing to the holy, ³² that I may come to you with joy by the will of God and be refreshed with you. ³³ The God of peace be with all of you! Amen.