Biblical Concept: Men in the Gospel of John and the
New Testament Epistles
Findings
Jesus: “the light
of men”
Jesus: “not
entrusting” … “He knew all men”
“men loved the darkness rather than the light”
NAS John
5:41 "I do not receive glory
from men;
“the testimony of two men is true”
Jews re Jesus:
“all men will believe in Him”
Jesus: “draw all
men to Myself”
43 for they loved the approval of men rather than
the approval of God.
NAS John
13:35 "By this all men will
know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Jesus to Father:
“the men whom Thou gavest Me out of the world”
“they crucified Him, and with Him two other men”
“unrighteousness of men”
“men with men committing indecent acts”
“God will judge
the secrets of men through Christ Jesus”
“his praise is not from men, but from God”
“death spread to all men”
“condemnation to all men” … “justification of life to all
men”
“seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal”
“Respect what is
right in the sight of all men.”
“acceptable to God and approved by men”
“such men are slaves”
Relationship: Men,
slaves, appetites, smooth flattering speech, deceive, unsuspecting.
NAS 1
Corinthians 1:25 Because the
foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is
stronger than men.
“faith should not rest on the wisdom of men”
“For who among men
knows the thoughts of a man except
the spirit of the man, which is in him?”
Paul re
Corinthians: “could not speak to you as to spiritual men”
Paul re
Corinthians: “are you not walking like mere men?”
Paul re
Corinthians: “are you not mere men?”
“let no one boast in men”
Apostles: “as men
condemned to death”
Paul: “Yet I wish
that all men were even as I myself am.”
“do not become slaves of men”
“not all men have this knowledge”
Paul: “I am free
from all men,
I have made myself a slave to all”
Paul: “I have
become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.”
Paul re
Corinthians: “I speak as to wise men”
Paul: “please all
men in all things” … “that they may be saved”
“tongues of men and of angels”
“speaks in a tongue does not speak to men”
“one who prophesies speaks to men for edification”
“men of strange tongues” … “I will speak to this people”
“ungifted men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that
you are mad”
“hoped in Christ in this life only” … “men most to be pitied”
Paul to
Corinthians: “act like men”
“be in subjection to such men”
“acknowledge such men”
“read by all men”
“we persuade men”
“honorable” … “in
the sight of men”
“such men are false apostles”
“Paul, an apostle
not sent from men”
“seeking the favor of men, or of God”
“certain men from James”
“Scripture has
shut up all men under sin”
“let us do good to all men”
“which in other generations was not made known to the sons of
men”
“He gave gifts to
men”
“carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of
men”
“walk, not as unwise men”
NAS Ephesians
6:7 With good will render
service, as to the Lord, and not to men,
Jesus: “being made
in the likeness of men”
“hold men like him in high regard”
NAS Philippians
4:5 Let your forbearing spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near.
“empty deception, according to the tradition of men”
Religion:
“commandments and teachings of men”
“those who merely please
men”
23 Whatever you do, do your work
heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men;
Paul to
Thessalonians: “you know what kind of men we proved to be”
“we speak, not as pleasing men but God”
“nor did we seek glory from men”
“word of God's message, you accepted it not as the word of
men”
Paul re religious
Jews: “hostile to all men”
“abound in love for one another, and for all men”
Paul to
Thessalonians: “be patient with all men”
“seek after that which is good for one another and for all
men”
NAS 2
Thessalonians 3:2 and that we may
be delivered from perverse and evil men; for not all have faith.
“instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines”
6 For some men, straying from these things, have
turned aside to fruitless discussion,
“immoral men”
NAS 1
Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I
urge that entreaties and prayers,
petitions and thanksgivings, be
made on behalf of all men,
4 who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus,
8 Therefore I want the men in every
place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.
“Deacons likewise must be men of dignity”
“God, who is the
Savior of all men”
“sins of some men are quite evident”
“men of depraved mind”
“harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction”
“entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others
also”
“men who have gone astray from the truth”
“men will be lovers of self”
“avoid such men as these”
“men of depraved mind”
13 But evil men and impostors will
proceed from bad to worse, deceiving
and being deceived.
14 not paying attention to Jewish myths and
commandments of men who turn away from the truth. “commandments
of men”
“Older men are to
be temperate”
6 Likewise urge the young men to be
sensible;
11 For the grace of God has
appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
NAS Titus
3:2 to malign no one, to be
uncontentious, gentle, showing every consideration for all men.
“These things are
good and profitable for men.”
“high priest taken from among men”
“men swear by one greater”
Re Melchizedek:
“mortal men receive tithes”
“the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak”
“a covenant is
valid only when men are dead”
27 And inasmuch as it is appointed
for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
NAS Hebrews
11:2 For by it the men of old
gained approval.
“He considered that
God is able to raise men even from
the dead”
“men of whom the world was not worthy”
“Pursue peace with
all men”
“the spirits of righteous men made perfect”
“wisdom” … “God,
who gives to all men generously”
Tongue: “with it
we curse men”
Jesus: “rejected
by men”
15 For such is the will of God that
by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.
“Act as free men”
“Honor all men”
“lusts of men”
“judged in the flesh as men”
“younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders”
“men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God”
“sensual conduct of unprincipled men”
“destruction of ungodly men”
“error of unprincipled men”
“young men, because you have overcome the evil one”
“young men, because you are strong, and the word of God
abides in you”
“the witness of men”
“support such men”
Men attacking
Church: Dreaming, defile, reject authority, revile angelic majesties.
Men attacking Church:
Revile, not understand, know by instinct, unreasoning animals, destroyed.
Men attacking
Church: Hidden reefs, without fear, caring for themselves, without fruit,
doubly dead, uprooted.
“you cannot endure evil men”
“purchase for God with Thy blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation”
Tribulation: “men should slay one another”
Tribulation: great
men … hid themselves.
Tribulation
wormwood … many men died.
Tribulation
demonic pit locusts: Hurt … only the men who do not have the seal of God on
their foreheads
Tribulation: “men
will seek death and will not find it”
Tribulation locusts:
“their faces were like the faces of men”
Tribulation
locusts: “power to hurt men for five months”
Tribulation
144,000: “These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and
to the
Lamb.”
“loathsome and malignant sore upon the men who had the mark
of the beast”
“to scorch men with fire”
Tribulation: “men
were scorched with fierce heat”
“men see his shame”
Tribulation: “men
blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail”
“the tabernacle of God is among men”
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NAS John 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of
men. (Jesus: “the light of men”)
NAS John
2:10 and said to him, "Every
man serves the good wine first, and when men
have drunk freely, then that
which is poorer; you have kept the good wine until now."
24 But Jesus, on His part, was not
entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men, (Jesus: “not entrusting” … “He
knew all men”)
NAS John
3:19 "And this is the
judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness
rather than the light; for their deeds were evil. (“men loved the darkness
rather than the light”)
NAS John
4:20 "Our fathers worshiped
in this mountain, and you people say
that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship."
28 So the woman left her waterpot,
and went into the city, and said to the men,
NAS John
5:41 "I do not receive glory
from men; (All)
NAS John
6:10 Jesus said, "Have the
people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
NAS John
8:17 "Even in your law it
has been written, that the testimony of two men is true. (“the testimony of two
men is true”)
NAS John
11:48 "If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in
Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our
nation." (Jews re Jesus: “all men will believe in Him”)
NAS John
12:32 "And I, if I be lifted
up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself." (Jesus: “draw all men to
Myself”)
43 for they loved the approval of
men rather than the approval of God. (All)
NAS John
13:35 "By this all men will
know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." (All)
NAS John
17:6 "I manifested Thy name
to the men whom Thou gavest Me out of the world;
Thine they were, and Thou gavest them to Me, and they
have kept Thy word. (Jesus to Father: “the men whom Thou gavest
Me out of the world”)
NAS John
19:18 There they crucified Him,
and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between. (“they
crucified Him, and with Him two other men”)
NAS Romans
1:18 For the wrath of God is
revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who
suppress the truth in unrighteousness, (“unrighteousness of men”)
27 and in the same way also the men
abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward
one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own
persons the due penalty of their error. (“men with men committing indecent
acts”)
NAS Romans
2:16 on the day when, according
to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus. (“God
will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus”)
29 But he is a Jew who is one
inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by
the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God. (“his praise is not
from men, but from God”)
NAS Romans
5:12 Therefore, just as through
one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread
to all men, because all sinned—(“death spread to all
men”)
18 So then as through one
transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act
of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.
(“condemnation to all men” … “justification of life to all men”)
NAS Romans
11:4 But what is the divine
response to him? "I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not
bowed the knee to Baal." (“seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee
to Baal”)
NAS Romans
12:17 Never pay back evil for
evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men. (“Respect what
is right in the sight of all men.”)
18 If possible, so far as it
depends on you, be at peace with all men. (“Respect what is right in the sight
of all men.”)
NAS Romans
14:18 For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God
and approved by men. (“acceptable to God and approved by men”)
NAS Romans
16:18 For such men are slaves,
not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and
flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. (“such men are
slaves”) (Relationship: Men, slaves, appetites, smooth flattering speech,
deceive, unsuspecting.)
NAS 1
Corinthians 1:25 Because the
foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than
men. (All)
NAS 1
Corinthians 2:5 that your faith
should not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. (“faith should
not rest on the wisdom of men”)
11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of
the man, which is in him? Even so the thoughts
of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. (“For who among men knows the
thoughts of a man except the spirit
of the man, which is in him?”)
NAS 1 Corinthians 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to
spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ. (Paul re
Corinthians: “could not speak to you as to spiritual men”)
3 for you are still fleshly. For
since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you
not walking like mere men? (Paul re Corinthians: “are you not walking like mere
men?”)
4 For when one says, "I am of
Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men? (Paul re Corinthians: “are you
not mere men?”)
21 So then let no one boast in men.
For all things belong to you, (“let no one boast in men”)
NAS 1 Corinthians
4:9 For, I think, God has
exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have
become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. (Apostles: “as men
condemned to death”)
NAS 1
Corinthians 7:7 Yet I wish that
all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God,
one in this manner, and another in that. (Paul: “Yet I wish that all men were
even as I myself am.”)
23 You were bought with a price; do
not become slaves of men. (“do not become slaves of men”)
NAS 1
Corinthians 8:7 However not all
men have this knowledge; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an
idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. (“not all men have this
knowledge”)
NAS 1
Corinthians 9:19 For though I am
free from all men, I have made myself
a slave to all, that I might win the more. (Paul: “I am free from all men, I have made
myself a slave to all”)
22 To the weak I became weak, that
I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, that I may by all
means save some. (Paul: “I have become all things to all men, that I may by all
means save some.”)
NAS 1
Corinthians 10:15 I speak as to
wise men; you judge what I say. (Paul re Corinthians: “I speak as to wise men”)
33 just as I also
please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be
saved. (Paul: “please all men in all things” … “that they may be saved”)
NAS 1
Corinthians 13:1 If I speak with
the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy
gong or a clanging cymbal. (“tongues of men and of angels”)
NAS 1
Corinthians 14:2 For one who
speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God; for no one understands,
but in his spirit
he speaks mysteries. (“speaks in a tongue does not speak to men”)
3 But one who prophesies speaks to
men for edification and exhortation and consolation. (“one who prophesies
speaks to men for edification”)
21 In the Law it is written,
"By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to
this people, and even so they will not listen to Me," says the Lord. (“men
of strange tongues” … “I will speak to this people”)
23 If therefore the whole church
should assemble together and all speak in tongues, and ungifted men or
unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad? (“ungifted men or
unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are
mad”)
NAS 1
Corinthians 15:19 If we have
hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied. (“hoped
in Christ in this life only” … “men most to be pitied”)
39 All flesh is not the same flesh,
but there is one flesh of men, and
another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish.
NAS 1
Corinthians 16:13 Be on the
alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. (Paul to Corinthians:
“act like men”)
16 that you also be in subjection
to such men and to everyone who helps in the work and labors. (“be in
subjection to such men”)
18 For they have refreshed my
spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge such men.
(“acknowledge such men”)
NAS 2
Corinthians 3:2 You are our
letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; (“read by all men”)
NAS 2
Corinthians 5:11 Therefore
knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God;
and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences. (“we persuade
men”)
NAS 2
Corinthians 8:21 for we have
regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in
the sight of men. (“honorable” … “in the
sight of men”)
NAS 2
Corinthians 11:13 For such men
are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of
Christ. (“such men are false apostles”)
NAS Galatians
1:1 Paul, an apostle (not sent from men, nor through the agency of
man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),
(“Paul, an apostle not sent from
men”)
10 For am I now seeking the favor
of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to
please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. (“seeking the favor of
men, or of God”)
NAS Galatians
2:12 For prior to the coming of
certain men from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came,
he began to withdraw and hold himself
aloof, fearing the party of the circumcision. (“certain men from James”)
NAS Galatians
3:22 But the Scripture has shut
up all men under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given
to those who believe. (“Scripture has shut up all men under sin”)
NAS Galatians
6:10 So then, while we have
opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the
household of the faith. (“let us do good to all men”)
NAS Ephesians
3:5 which in other generations
was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy
apostles and prophets in the Spirit; (“which in other generations was not made
known to the sons of men”)
NAS Ephesians
4:8 Therefore it says, "When
He ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, And He gave gifts to
men." (“He gave gifts to men”)
14 As a result, we are no longer to
be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of
doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
(“carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men”)
NAS Ephesians
5:15 Therefore be careful how you
walk, not as unwise men, but as wise, (“walk, not as unwise men”)
NAS Ephesians
6:7 With good will render
service, as to the Lord, and not to men, (All)
NAS Philippians
2:7 but emptied Himself, taking
the form of a bond-servant, and being
made in the likeness of men. (Jesus: “being made in the likeness of men”)
29 Therefore receive him in the
Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard; (“hold men like him in
high regard”)
NAS Philippians
4:5 Let your forbearing spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. (All)
NAS Colossians
2:8 See to it that no one takes
you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition
of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than
according to Christ. (“empty deception, according to the tradition of men”)
22 (which all refer to things destined to perish with the using)--
in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? (Religion:
“commandments and teachings of men”)
NAS Colossians
3:22 Slaves, in all things obey
those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of
heart, fearing the Lord. (“those who merely
please men”)
23 Whatever you do, do your work
heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men; (All)
NAS 1
Thessalonians 1:5 for our gospel
did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and
with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men
we proved to be among you for your sake. (Paul to Thessalonians: “you know what
kind of men we proved to be”)
NAS 1
Thessalonians 2:4 but just as we
have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as
pleasing men but God, who examines our hearts. (“we speak, not as pleasing men
but God”)
6 nor did we seek glory from men,
either from you or from others, even though as apostles of Christ we might have
asserted our authority. (“nor did we seek glory from men”)
13 And for this reason we also
constantly thank God that when you received from us the word of God's message,
you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God,
which also performs its work in you who believe. (“word of God's message, you
accepted it not as the word of men”)
15 who both killed the Lord Jesus
and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile
to all men, (Paul re religious Jews: “hostile to all men”)
NAS 1
Thessalonians 3:12 and may the
Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all men,
just as we also do for you; (“abound
in love for one another, and for all men”)
NAS 1
Thessalonians 5:14 And we urge
you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak,
be patient with all men. (Paul to Thessalonians: “be patient with all men”)
15 See that no one repays another
with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another
and for all men. (“seek after that which is good for one another and for all
men”)
NAS 2
Thessalonians 3:2 and that we may
be delivered from perverse and evil men; for not all have faith. (All)
NAS 1
Timothy 1:3 As I urged you upon
my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus, in order that you may
instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, (“instruct certain men not
to teach strange doctrines”)
6 For some men, straying from these
things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, (All)
10 and immoral men and homosexuals
and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound
teaching, (“immoral men”)
NAS 1
Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I
urge that entreaties and prayers,
petitions and thanksgivings, be made
on behalf of all men, (All)
4 who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (All)
5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus, (All)
8 Therefore I want the men in every
place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension. (All)
NAS 1
Timothy 3:8 Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not
double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain, (“Deacons
likewise must be men of dignity”)
NAS 1
Timothy 4:3 men who forbid marriage and
advocate abstaining from foods, which God has created to be gratefully
shared in by those who believe and know the truth.
10 For it is for this we labor and
strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of
all men, especially of believers. (“God, who is the Savior of all men”)
NAS 1
Timothy 5:1 Do not sharply rebuke
an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers,
24 The sins of some men are quite
evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after. (“sins of some men are quite evident”)
NAS 1
Timothy 6:5 and constant friction
between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that
godliness is a means of gain. (“men of depraved mind”)
9 But those who want to get rich
fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which
plunge men into ruin and destruction. (“harmful desires which plunge men into
ruin and destruction”)
NAS 2
Timothy 2:2 And the things which
you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to
faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. (“entrust to faithful men,
who will be able to teach others also”)
18 men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection
has already taken place, and thus they upset the faith of some. (“men who have gone astray from the
truth”)
NAS 2
Timothy 3:2 For men will be
lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to
parents, ungrateful, unholy, (“men will be lovers of self”)
5 holding to a form of godliness,
although they have denied its power; and avoid such men as these. (“avoid such
men as these”)
8 And just as Jannes
and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of
depraved mind, rejected as regards the faith. (“men of depraved mind”)
13 But evil men and impostors will
proceed from bad to worse, deceiving
and being deceived. (All)
NAS Titus
1:10 For there are many
rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the
circumcision, (“For there are many rebellious men”) (“rebellious men” …
“especially those of the circumcision”)
14 not paying attention to Jewish
myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth. (“commandments of
men”) (All)
NAS Titus
2:2 Older men are to be
temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.
(“Older men are to be temperate”)
6 Likewise urge the young men to be
sensible; (All)
11 For the grace of God has
appeared, bringing salvation to all men, (All)
NAS Titus
3:2 to malign no one, to be
uncontentious, gentle, showing every consideration for all men. (All)
8 This is a trustworthy statement;
and concerning these things I want you to speak confidently, so that those who
have believed God may be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good
and profitable for men. (“These things are good and profitable for men.”)
NAS Hebrews
5:1 For every high priest taken
from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in
order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins; (“high priest taken from
among men”)
NAS Hebrews
6:16 For men swear by one greater
than themselves, and with them an
oath given as confirmation is an end
of every dispute. (“men swear by one greater”)
NAS Hebrews
7:8 And in this case mortal men
receive tithes, but in that case one receives
them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives on. (Re Melchizedek: “mortal
men receive tithes”)
28 For the Law appoints men as high
priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son,
made perfect forever. (“the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak”)
NAS Hebrews
9:17 For a covenant is valid only when men are dead, for it is never
in force while the one who made it lives. (“a covenant is valid only when men are dead”)
27 And inasmuch as it is appointed
for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
(All)
NAS Hebrews
11:2 For by it the men of old
gained approval. (All)
19 He considered that God is able
to raise men even from the dead; from
which he also received him back as a type. (“He considered that God is able to
raise men even from the dead”)
38 (men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and
mountains and caves and holes in the ground. (“men of whom the world was not worthy”)
NAS Hebrews
12:14 Pursue peace with all men,
and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord. (“Pursue peace
with all men”)
23 to the general assembly and
church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of
all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, (“the spirits of
righteous men made perfect”)
NAS James
1:5 But if any of you lacks
wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without
reproach, and it will be given to him. (“wisdom” … “God, who gives to all men
generously”)
NAS James
3:9 With it we bless our Lord and Father; and with it we
curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; (Tongue: “with it we
curse men”)
NAS 1 Peter
2:4 And coming to Him as to a
living stone, rejected by men, but choice and precious in the sight of God,
(Jesus: “rejected by men”)
15 For such is the will of God that
by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men. (All) (“ignorance
of foolish men”)
16 Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for
evil, but use it as bondslaves of
God. (“Act as free men”)
17 Honor all men; love the
brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. (“Honor all men”) (Inclusive impersonal
honor.)
NAS 1 Peter
4:2 so as to live the rest of the
time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
(“lusts of men”)
6 For the gospel has for this
purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged
in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God. (“judged in the flesh
as men”)
NAS 1 Peter
5:5 You younger men, likewise, be
subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward
one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
(“younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders”)
NAS 2 Peter
1:21 for no prophecy was ever
made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
(“men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God”)
NAS 2 Peter
2:7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of
unprincipled men (“sensual conduct of unprincipled men”)
NAS 2 Peter
3:7 But the present heavens and
earth by His word are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and
destruction of ungodly men. (“destruction of ungodly men”)
17 You therefore, beloved, knowing
this beforehand, be on your guard lest, being carried away by the error of
unprincipled men, you fall from your own steadfastness, (“error of unprincipled
men”)
NAS 1 John
2:13 I am writing to you,
fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to
you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you,
children, because you know the Father. (“young men,
because you have overcome the evil one”)
14 I have written to you, fathers,
because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you,
young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you
have overcome the evil one. (“young men, because you are strong, and the word
of God abides in you”)
NAS 1 John
5:9 If we receive the witness of
men, the witness of God is greater; for the witness of God is this, that He has
borne witness concerning His Son. (“the witness of men”)
NAS 3 John
1:8 Therefore we ought to support
such men, that we may be fellow workers with the truth. (“support such men”)
NAS Jude 1:8 Yet in the same manner these men, also by
dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.
(Men attacking Church: Dreaming, defile, reject authority, revile angelic
majesties.)
10 But these men revile the things
which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like
unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed. (Men attacking Church:
Revile, not understand, know by instinct, unreasoning animals, destroyed.)
12 These men are those who are
hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring
for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees
without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted; (Men attacking Church: Hidden reefs,
without fear, caring for themselves, without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted.)
NAS Revelation
2:2 'I know your deeds and your
toil and perseverance, and that you cannot endure evil men, and you put to the
test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; (“you cannot endure evil
men”)
NAS Revelation
5:9 And they sang a new song,
saying, "Worthy art Thou to take the book, and to break its seals; for
Thou wast slain, and didst purchase for God with Thy
blood men from every tribe and tongue
and people and nation. (“purchase for God with Thy blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation”)
NAS Revelation
6:4 And another, a red horse,
went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the
earth, and that men should slay one
another; and a great sword was given to him. (Tribulation: “men should slay one another”)
15 And the kings of the earth and
the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave
and free man, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;
(Tribulation: great men … hid themselves.)
NAS Revelation
8:11 and the name of the star is
called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood; and many men died
from the waters, because they were made bitter. (Tribulation wormwood … many
men died.)
NAS Revelation
9:4 And they were told that they
should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but
only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. (Tribulation
demonic pit locusts: Hurt … only the men who do not have the seal of God on their
foreheads)
6 And in those days
men will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die and death
flees from them. (Tribulation: “men will seek death and will not find it”)
7 And the appearance of the locusts
was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads, as it were, crowns
like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. (Tribulation locusts:
“their faces were like the faces of men”)
10 And they have tails like
scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five
months. (Tribulation locusts: “power to hurt men for five months”)
NAS Revelation
13:13 And he performs great
signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the
presence of men.
16 And he causes all, the small and
the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men
and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand, or on their forehead,
NAS Revelation
14:4 These are the ones who have
not been defiled with women, for they have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who follow the Lamb
wherever He goes. These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to
God and to the Lamb. (Tribulation 144,000: “These have been purchased from
among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.”)
NAS Revelation
16:2 And the first angel went and poured out his bowl into
the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant sore upon the men who had
the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. (“loathsome and malignant
sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast”)
8 And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun;
and it was given to it to scorch men with fire. (“to scorch men with fire”)
9 And men were scorched with fierce
heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues;
and they did not repent, so as to give Him glory. (Tribulation: “men were
scorched with fierce heat”)
15 ("Behold, I am coming like
a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his garments, lest he
walk about naked and men see his shame.") (“men see his shame”)
21 And huge hailstones, about one
hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God
because of the plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe.
(Tribulation: “men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail”)
NAS Revelation
18:14 "And the fruit you
long for has gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid
have passed away from you and men will
no longer find them.
23 and the light of a lamp will not
shine in you any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be
heard in you any longer; for your merchants were the great men of the earth,
because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.
NAS Revelation
19:18 in order that you may eat
the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and
the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both
free men and slaves, and small and great."
NAS Revelation
21:3 And I heard a loud voice
from the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and
He shall dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall
be among them, (“the tabernacle of God is among men”)