The Verse Chain Game

[White]

I follow your lead on 2:19:

Galatians 2:19 : With Christ I am nailed to the cross. I live now not with my own life, but Christ lives within me. (20) I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and sacrificed Himself for me.

and yesterday's/today's reading at the Catholic Church - Romans 1 & 2:

Romans 1:16 - Salvation to the Jew first then the Gentile, followed up with 2:9-11
9 tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; 10 but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11 For there is no partiality with God.

They are always leading - first salvation - then tribulation - then glory, honor and peace...

I'm hanging on to the last one - Glory, Honor and Shalom/Peace with Y'shua in the Heart of all -

That's HIS plan for all to follow...
Shalom
Monique

[shalag]

I follow your lead on 2:19:

Galatians 2:19 : With Christ I am nailed to the cross. I live now not with my own life, but Christ lives within me. (20) I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and sacrificed Himself for me. Monique

Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ

[Rose]

Hi All,

I thought I would reawaken this thread.

Ephesians 4:11

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ

Eph. 3:19 "And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God."

This verse has always been special to me, because it speaks of knowing Christs' love for us and in doing so we are filled with the fullness of God, which is His love for us.

Rose

[Victor]

Hi All,

I thought I would reawaken this thread.

Eph. 3:19 "And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulnessof God."

This verse has always been special to me, because it speaks of knowing Christs' love for us and in doing so we are filled with the fullness of God, which is His love for us.

Rose

When we find and know the love of Christ, it overwhelms and constrains us:

2Cr 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

So the Fifth Chapter of 2 Corinthians aligns with the Fifth Epistle, Ephesians. On the Fifth Spoke we learn much about God's Love, beginning with Deuteronomy, which "marks the transition to a new revelation of God - the revelation of His love", as Sidlow Baxter explains in his presentation of the Fifth Book (BW Book, page 194).

Victor

[Rose]

When we find and know the love of Christ, it overwhelms and constrains us:

2Cr 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

So the Fifth Chapter of 2 Corinthians aligns with the Fifth Epistle, Ephesians. On the Fifth Spoke we learn much about God's Love, beginning with Deuteronomy, which "marks the transition to a new revelation of God - the revelation of His love", as Sidlow Baxter explains in his presentation of the Fifth Book (BW Book, page 194).

Victor

Rom.13:8 "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law."

Rom. 13:10 "Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."

This is a wonderful display of love fulfilling all the law in the 13th chapter of Romans, which nicely parallels the 13th chapter of 1 Cor.

Rose

[Victor]

Love = 13!!

Romans 13 and 1 Corinthians 13 are united in the same proclamation. You gave me the clue to the next verse on the chain:

Rom. 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

1Co 13:4-5 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.

[Rose]

1Co 13:4-5 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.

Eph. 4:32 "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."

We know the fruits of love is displayed in kindness.

Rose

[Victor]

Eph. 4:32 "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."

We know the fruits of love is displayed in kindness.

Rose

And when we do that we are following God's path, for He loved us first.

1Jo 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

[Rose]

And when we do that we are following God's path, for He loved us first.

1Jo 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

I couldn't resist this one. These are also the only two verses where the phrase "God so loved" is used....another witness to the authorship of the Gospel of John.

Rose

[Victor]

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

I couldn't resist this one. These are also the only two verses where the phrase "God so loved" is used....another witness to the authorship of the Gospel of John.

Rose

Back to 1 John!

1John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.