Philosophy

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. — read the full passage →

Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words.

O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

but shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and fightings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. — read the full passage →

For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought: — read the full passage →

And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day: — read the full passage →

Agoodname is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth. — read the full passage →

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil. — read the full passage →

because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause; — read the full passage →

He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. — read the full passage →

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men: — read the full passage →

Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man. — read the full passage →

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. — read the full passage →

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me. — read the full passage →

in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; — read the full passage →

We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom: — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity. — read the full passage →

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; Butthe foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son? — read the full passage →

O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called; — read the full passage →

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth; — read the full passage →

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, — read the full passage →

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; so do I now.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day: — read the full passage →

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, — read the full passage →

This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.