Paul hides the details of paradise and boasts instead in weakness, teaching that Christ’s power rests on those who depend on Him. True authority spends itself for people and seeks their holiness with patient love.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Paul hides the details of paradise and boasts instead in weakness, teaching that Christ’s power rests on those who depend on Him. True authority spends itself for people and seeks their holiness with patient love.
Paul roots holiness in God’s pledge to dwell with His people and shows how godly sorrow leads to repentance and restored joy. Through Titus and the church’s obedience, comfort and confidence return.
Paul urges the church to treat grace as a “now” call, commends ministry through Spirit-formed endurance, and asks for open hearts. Because God dwells with His people, they refuse unequal yokes and walk in the joy of His welcome.
Ephesians 5 calls dearly loved children to walk in love, light, and wisdom. See how the Spirit fills ordinary life and how marriage points to Christ and his church.
Paul closes with wakeful hope and ordinary holiness. Children of the day encourage one another, honor leaders, test everything, and trust the God who sanctifies through and through.
Paul sends Timothy to steady a young church and then rejoices when faith and love hold under pressure. His closing prayer asks for overflowing love and holy hearts ready for the Lord’s coming.
Hebrews 12 shows how pilgrims endure—eyes fixed on Jesus, hearts trained by a loving Father, and hands lifted for one another. We run toward Zion and worship with awe because the kingdom we receive cannot be shaken.
James 3 confronts the power of the tongue and the posture of the heart. It contrasts envy’s counterfeit “wisdom” with wisdom from above and calls the church to peacemaking that plants for a harvest.
James 2 brings the gospel into the room where people are seated and into the street where needs are met. It rejects favoritism and unmasks a faith that never acts, calling believers to mercy and to deeds that reveal live trust in Christ.
James 1 calls believers to joy in trials, prayer for wisdom, and a life that does the word. True religion guards the tongue, helps the vulnerable, and keeps clean in a world that stains.
Peter answers scoffers with Scripture’s memory and God’s timetable. He calls believers to holy, hopeful lives as we look for a new heavens and a new earth where righteousness dwells.
2 Peter 2 unmasks false teachers and reassures believers that God both rescues the godly and reserves the wicked for judgment. Learn how to spot counterfeits and stand firm in the freedom Christ gives.
Peter teaches exiles to arm their minds with Christ’s resolve, pray with clear heads, love with stretched hearts, and serve as stewards of grace. When fiery trials come, believers rejoice, entrust themselves to the faithful Creator, and keep doing good until glory is revealed.
Peter brings the gospel into marriage, community life, and courageous witness before a watching world. This study traces 1 Peter 3 and shows how the risen Lord steadies hearts to bless, to answer, and to endure.
Peter forms a scattered church around the living Stone and sends it into a watching world. This chapter study shows how identity in Christ fuels holy conduct, public witness, and endurance under unjust suffering.