Biblical Concept: True,
Truth, John and Epistles
Findings:
“true light”
“God is true”
“true worshipers shall worship the Father in
spirit and truth”
“the saying is true”
Alone: “My testimony is not true”
Spirit: “testimony which He bears of Me is true”
Jesus: “Truly, truly, I say to you”
“My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven”
55 "For My flesh is
true food, and My blood is true drink.
“He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him”
Pharisees to Jesus: “Your witness is not true.”
Jesus to Pharisees: “My witness is true; for I know where I came from, and
where I am going”
Jesus: “My judgment is true”
Law: “testimony of two men is true”
Jesus re Father: “He who sent Me is true”
Re Baptist: “everything John said about this man was true”
Jesus: “I am the true vine”
John 17:3 "And this is eternal life, that they may know
Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom
Thou hast sent.
Jesus re Father: “the only true God”
Apostle John: “his witness is true; and he knows that he is telling the
truth”
Apostle John: “we know that his witness is true”
“let God be found true”
Servants of God: “regarded as
deceivers and yet true”
“signs of a true apostle”
“the true circumcision”
“true comrade”
“whatever is true” … “let your mind dwell on these
things”
“a true knowledge of God's mystery, that
is, Christ Himself”
“new self who is being renewed to a true
knowledge”
“you turned to God from idols to serve a living
and true God”
“Timothy, my true child in the faith”
“Titus, my true child in a common faith”
Re liar Cretans: “This testimony is true”
“true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched”
Earthly holy place: “copy of the true one”
“this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!”
“true knowledge of Him”
“neither useless nor unfruitful in the true
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ”
“the true proverb”
“a new commandment to you, which is true in Him”
“true light is already shining”
“His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie”
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and has
given us understanding, in order that
we might know Him
who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This
is the true God
and eternal life.
“know Him who is true”
“in Him who is true”
“This is the true God and eternal life.”
“you know that our witness is true”
“He who is holy, who is true”
“The Amen, the faithful and true Witness”
“How long, O Lord, holy and true, wilt Thou refrain from judging and
avenging our blood”
“true are Thy ways, Thou King of the nations”
“Lord God, the Almighty, true”
“His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot”
“These are true words of God.”
“Heaven opened” … “Faithful and true”
Jesus to John: “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”
Angel to John: “These words are faithful and true”
Jesus: “full of grace and truth”
17 For the Law was given
through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
Relationship: Grace and truth.
“he who practices the truth comes to the light”
“true worshipers shall worship the Father in
spirit and truth”
Relationship: worship, spirit, truth.
24 "God is spirit,
and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
John 5:33 "You have sent to John, and he has borne
witness to the truth.
“This is of a truth the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
John 8:32 and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall
make you free."
Relationship: Know, truth, free.
Relationship: Jews, Jesus, kill, truth.
Devil: “does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him”
Relationship: Jews, devil, desires, murder, no truth, speaks lies.
45 "But because I
speak the truth, you do not believe Me.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the
truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but
through Me.
“the Spirit of truth”
John 15:26 "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you
from the Father, that is the Spirit
of truth,
who proceeds from
the Father, He will bear witness of Me,
Jesus: “I tell you the truth”
“Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth”
John 17:17 "Sanctify them in the truth; Thy word is truth.
“Thy word is truth”
“sanctified in truth”
Jesus to Pilate: “I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth.
Everyone who is of the truth
hears My
voice."
Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?"
John 19:35 And he who has seen has borne witness, and his
witness is true; and he knows that he is
telling the truth,
so that you also may believe.
“ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who
suppress the truth in unrighteousness”
“they exchanged the truth of God for a lie”
“do not obey the truth”
Religious Jews: “having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the
truth”
Paul: “But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory”
Paul: “I am telling the truth in Christ”
“on behalf of the truth of God”
“unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth”
1
Corinthians 13:6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
“rejoices with the truth”
“by the manifestation of truth commending
ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God”
Ministry: “in the word of truth”
Paul to Corinthians: “we spoke all things to you in truth”
Re Corinthians: “boasting before Titus proved to be the truth”
Paul: “the truth of Christ is in me”
Paul: “I shall be speaking the truth”
2 Corinthians 13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth.
Religion versus: “truth of the gospel”
Galatians 4:16 Have I therefore become your enemy by telling you
the truth?
Galatians 5:7 You were running well; who hindered you from obeying
the truth?
“obeying the truth”
“the message of truth, the gospel of your
salvation”
“speaking the truth in love”
“truth is in Jesus”
New self, created, righteousness, holiness, truth.
“speak truth”
Relationship: light, goodness, righteousness, truth.
“Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth”
“in truth, Christ is proclaimed”
“the word of truth, the gospel”
“understood the grace of God in truth”
“did not receive the love of the truth so as to be
saved”
“judged who did not believe the truth”
“faith in the truth”
“knowledge of the truth”
Saved, knowledge, truth.
Paul: “teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth”
Local Church: “pillar and support of the truth”
“know the truth”
“men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth”
“handling accurately the word of truth”
“men who have gone astray from the truth”
“repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth”
2 Timothy 3:7 always learning and never able to come to the
knowledge of the truth.
“men also oppose the truth, men of depraved
mind”
2 Timothy 4:4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and
will turn aside to myths.
“turn away their ears from the truth”
“knowledge of the truth which is according to
godliness”
14 not paying attention
to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
“men who turn away from the truth”
“sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge
of the truth”
“In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth”
“lie against the truth”
“strays from the truth”
“obedience to the truth purified your souls”
“established in the truth”
Sensuality: “the way of the truth will be maligned”
1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do
not
practice the truth;
“walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice
the truth”
8 If we say that we have
no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Sin, deceiving, truth, not in us.
1 John 2:4 The one who says, "I have come to know
Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a
liar, and the truth
is not in him;
“no lie is of the truth”
Love: “in deed and truth”
“we are of the truth”
truth and assured heart
“spirit of truth and the spirit of error”
“the Spirit is the truth”
John: “whom I love in truth” … “all who know the truth”
2 for the sake of the
truth which abides in us and will be with us forever:
“Son of the Father, in truth and love”
“glad to find some
of your children walking in truth”
“I love in truth”
3 For I was very glad
when brethren came and bore witness to your truth, that is, how you are walking in
truth.
4 I have no greater joy
than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
“fellow workers with the truth”
John: “our witness is true”
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True
NAS John 1:9 There was the true light
which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. (“true light”)
NAS John 3:33 "He who has received
His witness has set his seal to this,
that God is true. (“God is true”)
NAS John 4:23 "But an hour is coming,
and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and
truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. (“true worshipers
shall worship the Father in spirit and truth”)
37 "For in this case the saying is true, 'One sows, and
another reaps.' (“the saying is true”)
NAS John 5:31 "If I alone bear witness of Myself, My testimony is not true. (Alone: “My testimony is not
true”)
32 "There is another
who bears witness of Me, and I know that the testimony which He bears of Me is
true. (Spirit: “testimony which He bears of Me is true”)
NAS John 6:32 Jesus therefore said to
them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the
bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of
heaven. (Jesus: “Truly, truly, I say to you”) (“My Father who gives you the
true bread out of heaven”)
55 "For My flesh is
true food, and My blood is true drink. (All)
NAS John 7:18 "He who speaks from
himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who
sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. (“He is true, and
there is no unrighteousness in Him”)
28 Jesus therefore cried
out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know Me and know where I
am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do
not know. (Jesus in Temple: “He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know”)
NAS John 8:13 The Pharisees therefore said
to Him, "You are bearing witness of Yourself; Your witness is not
true." (Pharisees to Jesus: “Your witness is not true.”)
14 Jesus answered and
said to them, "Even if I bear witness of Myself, My
witness is true; for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you do
not know where I come from, or where I am going. (Jesus to Pharisees: “My
witness is true; for I know where I came from, and where I am going”)
16 "But even if I do
judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and He who sent Me. (Jesus: “My judgment is true”)
17 "Even in your law
it has been written, that the testimony of two men is true. (Law: “testimony of
two men is true”)
26 "I have many
things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and
the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world." (Jesus re
Father: “He who sent Me is true”)
NAS John 10:41 And many came to Him and
were saying, "While John performed no sign, yet everything John said about
this man was true." (Re Baptist:
“everything John said about this man was true”)
NAS John 15:1 "I am the true vine,
and My Father is the vinedresser. (Jesus: “I am the true vine”)
NAS John 17:3 "And this is eternal
life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou
hast sent. (All) (Jesus re Father: “the only true God”)
NAS John 19:35 And he who has seen has
borne witness, and his witness is true; and he knows that he is telling the
truth, so that you also may believe. (Apostle John: “his witness is true; and
he knows that he is telling the truth”)
NAS John 21:24 This is the disciple who
bears witness of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his
witness is true. (Apostle John: “we know that his witness is true”)
NAS Romans 3:4 May it never be! Rather, let
God be found true, though every man be
found a liar, as it is written, "That Thou mightest
be justified in Thy words, And mightest
prevail when Thou art judged." (“let God be found true”)
NAS 2 Corinthians 6:8 by glory and dishonor, by
evil report and good report; regarded as
deceivers and yet true; (Servants of God: “regarded
as deceivers and yet true”)
NAS 2 Corinthians 12:12 The signs of a true apostle
were performed among you with all perseverance, by signs and wonders and
miracles. (“signs of a true apostle”)
NAS Philippians 3:3 for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the
Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,
(“the true circumcision”)
NAS Philippians 4:3 Indeed, true comrade, I ask
you also to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with
Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of
life. (“true comrade”)
8 Finally, brethren,
whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and
if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on
these things. (“whatever is true” … “let your mind dwell on these things”)
NAS Colossians 2:2 that their hearts may be
encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of
understanding, resulting in a true
knowledge of God's mystery, that is,
Christ Himself, (“a true knowledge of
God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself”)
NAS Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new self
who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who
created him (“new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge”)
NAS 1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves report
about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God
from idols to serve a living and true God, (“you turned to God from idols to
serve a living and true God”)
NAS 1 Timothy 1:2 to Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace
from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (“Timothy, my true child in the faith”)
NAS Titus 1:4 to Titus, my true child in a
common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
(“Titus, my true child in a common faith”)
13 This testimony is
true. For this cause reprove them severely that they may be sound in the faith,
(Re liar Cretans: “This testimony is true”)
NAS Hebrews 8:2 a minister in the sanctuary,
and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. (“true tabernacle,
which the Lord pitched”)
NAS Hebrews 9:24 For Christ did not enter a
holy place made with hands, a mere copy
of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God
for us; (Earthly holy place: “copy of the true one”)
NAS 1 Peter 5:12 Through Silvanus, our
faithful brother (for so I regard him),
I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true
grace of God. Stand firm in it! (“this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in
it!”)
NAS 2 Peter 1:3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to
life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own
glory and excellence. (“true knowledge of Him”)
8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing,
they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our
Lord Jesus Christ. (“neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of
our Lord Jesus Christ”)
NAS 2 Peter 2:22 It has happened to them
according to the true proverb, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and,
"A sow, after washing, returns to
wallowing in the mire." (“the true proverb”)
NAS 1 John 2:8 On the other hand, I am
writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the
darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. (“a new
commandment to you, which is true in Him”) (“true light is already shining”)
27 And as for you, the
anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for
anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is
true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. (“His
anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie”)
NAS 1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of
God has come, and has given us understanding, in order that we might know Him
who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is
the true God and eternal life. (All) (“know Him who is true”) (“in Him who is
true”) (“This is the true God and eternal life.”)
NAS 3 John 1:12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from
the truth itself; and we also bear witness, and you know that our witness is
true. (“you know that our witness is true”)
NAS Revelation 3:7 "And to the angel of
the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key
of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says
this: (“He who is holy, who is true”)
14 "And to the angel
of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the
Beginning of the creation of God, says this: (“The Amen, the faithful and true
Witness”)
NAS Revelation 6:10 and they cried out with a
loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, wilt Thou refrain
from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
(“How long, O Lord, holy and true, wilt Thou refrain from judging and avenging
our blood”)
NAS Revelation 15:3 And they sang the song of
Moses the bond-servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and
marvelous are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Thy
ways, Thou King of the nations. (“true are Thy ways, Thou King of the nations”)
NAS Revelation 16:7 And I heard the altar
saying, "Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Thy
judgments." (“Lord God, the Almighty, true”)
NAS Revelation 19:2 because His judgments are
true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the
earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His bond-servants on
her." (“His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great
harlot”)
9 And he said to me,
"Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the
Lamb.'" And he said to me, "These are true words of God."
(“These are true words of God.”)
11 And I saw heaven
opened; and behold, a white horse, and He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True; and in righteousness He judges and
wages war. (“Heaven opened” … “Faithful and true”)
NAS Revelation 21:5 And He who sits on the
throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He said,
"Write, for these words are faithful and true." (Jesus to John: “Write,
for these words are faithful and true.”)
NAS Revelation 22:6 And he said to me,
"These words are faithful and true"; and the Lord, the God of the
spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show to His bond-servants the things
which must shortly take place. (Angel to John: “These words are faithful and
true”)
Truth
NAS John 1:14 And the Word became flesh,
and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from
the Father, full of grace and truth. (Jesus: “full of grace and truth”)
17 For the Law was given
through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. (All)
(Relationship: Grace and truth.)
NAS John 3:21 "But he who practices
the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be manifested as having been
wrought in God." (“he who practices the truth comes to the light”)
NAS John 4:23 "But an hour is coming,
and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and
truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. (“true worshipers
shall worship the Father in spirit and truth”) (Relationship: worship, spirit,
truth)
24 "God is spirit,
and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (All)
(Relationship: worship, spirit, truth)
NAS John 5:33 "You have sent to John,
and he has borne witness to the truth. (All)
NAS John 6:14 When therefore the people
saw the sign which He had performed, they said, "This is of a truth the
Prophet who is to come into the world." (“This is of a truth the Prophet
who is to come into the world.”)
NAS John 8:32 and you shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you free." (All) (Relationship: Know,
truth, free)
40 "But as it is,
you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard
from God; this Abraham did not do. (Relationship: Jews, Jesus, kill, truth.)
44 "You are of your father the devil, and you want to
do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does
not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a
lie, he speaks from his own nature;
for he is a liar, and the father of lies. (Devil: “does not stand in the truth,
because there is no truth in him”) (Relationship: Jews, devil, desires, murder,
no truth, speaks lies.)
45 "But because I
speak the truth, you do not believe Me. (All)
46 "Which one of you
convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?
NAS John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I
am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but
through Me. (All)
17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because
it does not behold Him or know Him, but you
know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you. (“the Spirit of
truth”)
NAS John 15:26 "When the Helper comes,
whom I will send to you from the Father, that
is the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness
of Me, (All)
NAS John 16:7 "But I tell you the
truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the
Helper shall not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. (Jesus: “I
tell you the truth”)
13 "But when He, the
Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not
speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will
disclose to you what is to come. (“Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you
into all the truth”)
NAS John 17:17 "Sanctify them in the
truth; Thy word is truth. (All) (“Thy word is truth”)
19 "And for their
sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
(“sanctified in truth”)
NAS John 18:37 Pilate therefore said to
Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say correctly that I am a king. For this I
have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the
truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." (Jesus to Pilate: “I
have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the
truth hears My voice.")
38 Pilate said to Him,
"What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again to the
Jews, and said to them, "I find no guilt in Him. (Pilate said to Him,
"What is truth?")
NAS John 19:35 And he who has seen has
borne witness, and his witness is true; and he knows that he is telling the
truth, so that you also may believe. (All)
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, (“ungodliness and unrighteousness of
men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness”)
25 For they exchanged the
truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the
Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. (“they exchanged the truth of God for a
lie”)
NAS Romans 2:8 but to those who are
selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath
and indignation. (“do not obey the truth”)
20 a corrector of the
foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of
knowledge and of the truth, (Religious Jews: “having in the Law the embodiment
of knowledge and of the truth”)
NAS Romans 3:7 But if through my lie the
truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a
sinner? (Paul: “But if through my lie
the truth of God abounded to His glory”)
NAS Romans 9:1 I am telling the truth in
Christ, I am not lying, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
(Paul: “I am telling the truth in Christ”)
NAS Romans 15:8 For I say that Christ has
become a servant to the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm
the promises given to the fathers, (“on
behalf of the truth of God”)
NAS 1 Corinthians 5:8 Let us therefore celebrate
the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness,
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (“unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth”)
NAS 1 Corinthians 13:6 does not rejoice in
unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; (All) (“rejoices with the truth”)
NAS 2 Corinthians 4:2 but we have renounced the
things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the
word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every
man's conscience in the sight of God. (“by the manifestation of truth
commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God”)
NAS 2 Corinthians 6:7 in the word of truth, in the
power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,
(Ministry: “in the word of truth”)
NAS 2 Corinthians 7:14 For if in anything I have
boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to
you in truth, so also our boasting before Titus proved to be the truth. (Paul to Corinthians: “we
spoke all things to you in truth”) (Re Corinthians: “boasting before Titus
proved to be the truth”)
NAS 2 Corinthians 11:10 As the truth of Christ is in
me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia. (Paul:
“the truth of Christ is in me”)
NAS 2 Corinthians 12:6 For if I do wish to boast I
shall not be foolish, for I shall be speaking the truth; but I refrain from this, so that no one may credit me
with more than he sees in me or hears
from me. (Paul: “I shall be speaking the truth”)
NAS 2 Corinthians 13:8 For we can do nothing
against the truth, but only for the
truth. (All)
NAS Galatians 2:5 But we did not yield in
subjection to them for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel might
remain with you. (Religion versus: “truth of the gospel”)
14 But when I saw that
they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas
in the presence of all, "If you, being a Jew, live like the Gentiles and
not like the Jews, how is it that you
compel the Gentiles to live like Jews? (Religion versus: “truth of the gospel”)
NAS Galatians 4:16 Have I therefore become your
enemy by telling you the truth? (All)
NAS Galatians 5:7 You were running well; who
hindered you from obeying the truth? (All) (“obeying the truth”)
NAS Ephesians 1:13 In Him, you also, after
listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation-- having also
believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, (“the message
of truth, the gospel of your salvation”)
NAS Ephesians 4:15 but speaking the truth in
love, we are to grow up in all aspects into
Him, who is the head, even Christ,
(“speaking the truth in love”)
21 if indeed you have
heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, (“truth is in
Jesus”)
24 and put on the new
self, which in the likeness of God
has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. (New self,
created, righteousness, holiness, truth.)
25 Therefore, laying
aside falsehood, speak truth, each one of
you, with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. (“speak truth”)
NAS Ephesians 5:9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness and
righteousness and truth), (Relationship: light, goodness, righteousness, truth)
NAS Ephesians 6:14 Stand firm therefore, having
girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of
righteousness, (“Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth”)
NAS Philippians 1:18 What then? Only that in
every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I
rejoice, yes, and I will rejoice. (“in truth, Christ is proclaimed”)
NAS Colossians 1:5 because of the hope laid up
for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the
gospel, (“the word of truth, the gospel”)
6 which has come to you,
just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing,
even as it has been doing in you also
since the day you heard of it and
understood the grace of God in truth; (“understood the grace of God in truth”)
NAS 2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with all the deception
of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of
the truth so as to be saved. (“did not receive the love of the truth so as to
be saved”)
12 in order that they all
may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
(“judged who did not believe the truth”)
13 But we should always
give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has
chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the
Spirit and faith in the truth. (“faith in the truth”)
NAS 1 Timothy 2:4 who desires all men to be
saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (“knowledge of the truth”)
(Saved, knowledge, truth.)
7 And for this I was
appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth,
I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (Paul:
“teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth”)
NAS 1 Timothy 3:15 but in case I am delayed, I write so that you may know how one
ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the
living God, the pillar and support of the truth. (Local Church: “pillar and
support of the truth”)
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. (“know the truth”)
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 and deprived of the
truth”)
NAS 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present
yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling
accurately the word of truth. (“handling accurately the word of truth”)
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”)
25 with gentleness
correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them
repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, (“repentance leading to the
knowledge of the truth”)
NAS 2 Timothy 3:7 always learning and never
able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (All)
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 also oppose the truth, men of
depraved mind”)
NAS 2 Timothy 4:4 and will turn away their
ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths. (All) (“turn away their ears
from the truth”)
NAS Titus 1:1 Paul, a bond-servant of God,
and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the
knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, (“knowledge of the
truth which is according to godliness”)
14 not paying attention
to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth. (All)
(“men who turn away from the truth”)
NAS Hebrews 10:26 For if we go on sinning
willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a
sacrifice for sins, (“sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the
truth”)
NAS James 1:18 In the exercise of His will
He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be, as it were, the
first fruits among His creatures. (“In the exercise of His will He brought us
forth by the word of truth”)
NAS James 3:14 But if you have bitter
jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. (“lie against
the truth”)
NAS James 5:19 My brethren, if any among
you strays from the truth, and one turns him back, (“strays from the truth”)
NAS 1 Peter 1:22 Since you have in obedience
to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently
love one another from the heart, (“obedience to the truth purified your souls”)
NAS 2 Peter 1:12 Therefore, I shall always be
ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and
have been established in the truth which is present with you. (“established in the truth”)
NAS 2 Peter 2:2 And many will follow their
sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;
(Sensuality: “the way of the truth will be maligned”)
NAS 1 John 1:6 If we say that we have
fellowship with Him and yet walk in
the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; (All) (“walk in the
darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth”)
8 If we say that we have
no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (All) (Sin,
deceiving, truth, not in us.)
NAS 1 John 2:4 The one who says, "I
have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and
the truth is not in him; (All)
21 I have not written to
you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because
no lie is of the truth. (“no lie is of the truth”)
NAS 1 John 3:18 Little children, let us not
love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
(Love: “in deed and truth”)
19 We shall know by this
that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before Him, (“we are of
the truth”) (truth and assured heart)
NAS 1 John 4:6 We are from God; he who
knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this
we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. (“spirit of truth and the
spirit of error”)
NAS 1 John 5:7 And it is the Spirit who
bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth. (“the Spirit is the truth”)
NAS 2 John 1:1 The elder to the chosen lady
and her children, whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also all who know
the truth, (John: “whom I love in truth” … “all who know the truth”)
2 for the sake of the
truth which abides in us and will be with us forever: (All)
3 Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the
Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. (“Son
of the Father, in truth and love”)
4 I was very glad to find
some of your children walking in
truth, just as we have received commandment to
do from the Father. (“glad to find some of your children walking in truth”)
NAS 3 John 1:1 The elder to the beloved
Gaius, whom I love in truth. (“I love in truth”)
3 For I was very glad
when brethren came and bore witness to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth. (All)
4 I have no greater joy
than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. (All)
8 Therefore we ought to
support such men, that we may be fellow workers with the truth. (“fellow
workers with the truth”)
12 Demetrius has received
a good testimony from everyone, and
from the truth itself; and we also bear witness, and you know that our witness
is true. (John: “our witness is true”)