Bible verses about "theology" | Williams

¹ So then let us once for all quit the elementary teaching about Christ and continue progressing toward maturity; let us stop relaying a foundation of repentance from works that mean only death, and of faith in God, ² of teaching about ceremonial washings and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and final judgment. ³ And we will progress, if God permits. ⁴ For it is impossible for those who have once for all been enlightened and have experienced the gift from heaven, who have been made sharers of the Holy Spirit ⁵ and have experienced how good God's message is and the mighty powers of the age to come, ⁶ and then have fallen by the wayside -- it is impossible, I say, to keep on restoring them to their first repentance, since they continue to crucify the Son of God to their detriment and hold Him up to contempt. ⁷ For a piece of ground that drinks in the rains so frequently falling on it, and continues yielding vegetation useful to those for whose sakes it is cultivated, receives from God His blessings. ⁸ But if it continues to yield thorns and thistles, it is considered worthless and in danger of being cursed, and its final fate is burning. ⁹ But in your case, my dearly loved friends, even though we speak in such a tone, we are sure of better things, yea, things that point to salvation. ¹⁰ For God is not so unjust as to forget the work you have done and the love you have shown His name in the service you have rendered for your fellow-Christians, and still are doing. ¹¹ And we desire each one of you to continue to show the same earnestness to the very end, that you may enjoy your hope to the fullest, ¹² so that you may not grow careless, but may follow the example of those who through their faith and patient endurance are now possessors of the blessings promised. ¹³ For when God made His promise to Abraham, He took an oath by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom He could take it, ¹⁴ saying: "I will certainly bless you over and over again, I will extensively increase your numbers." ¹⁵ And so by patiently waiting he obtained what God had promised him. ¹⁶ For it is a custom among men to take oath by something greater than themselves, and an oath taken for confirmation settles any dispute among them. ¹⁷ Therefore, because God wanted to make the strongest demonstration of the unchangeable character of His purpose, He interposed with an oath, ¹⁸ so that by these two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge with Him may have encouragement strong enough to make us seize upon the hope that lies ahead of us. ¹⁹ This hope we have as an anchor for our souls, secure and safe, which reaches up behind the heavenly veil, ^{20 (6:19)} where Jesus has blazed the way for us and became a High Priest with the rank of Melchizedek.

⁸ For it is by His unmerited favor through faith that you have been saved; it is not by anything that you have done, it is the gift of God. ⁹ It is not the result of what anyone can do, so that no one can boast of it.

¹ In the beginning the Word existed; and the Word was face to face with God; yea, the Word was God Himself. ² He is the One who was face to face with God in the beginning. ³ It was through Him that everything came into existence, and apart from Him not a single thing came into existence. ⁴ It was by Him that life began to exist, and that life was the light of mankind. ⁵ So the light continues to shine in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it. ⁶ There appeared a man named John, sent from God. ⁷ He came for the purpose of testifying, to testify to the light, so that everyone through him might come to believe. ⁸ He was not the light; he came to testify to the light. ⁹ The real light, which sheds light upon everyone, was just coming into the world. ¹⁰ He came into the world, and though the world through Him began to exist, it did not recognize Him. ¹¹ He came into His own world, but His own people did not welcome Him. ¹² But to all who did accept Him, and trust in His name, He gave the right to become the children of God, ¹³ who were born of God and not of natural blood nor of physical or human impulse. ¹⁴ So the Word became human and lived a little while among us, and we actually saw His glory, the glory of One who is an only Son from His Father, and He was full of spiritual blessing and truth.

³ For I passed on to you, among the primary principles of the good news, what I had received, that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the Scriptures,

¹⁶ All Scripture is inspired by God, and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in doing what is right,