Luke 11:13 If you, then, being evil [that is, sinful by nature], know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spi...

11:13 AMP

逐节对照

Amplified Bible - If you, then, being evil [that is, sinful by nature], know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and continue to ask Him!”
新标点和合本 - 你们虽然不好，尚且知道拿好东西给儿女；何况天父，岂不更将圣灵给求他的人吗？”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们虽然不好，尚且知道拿好东西给儿女，何况天父，他岂不更要把圣灵赐给求他的人吗？”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们虽然不好，尚且知道拿好东西给儿女，何况天父，他岂不更要把圣灵赐给求他的人吗？”
当代译本 - 你们虽然邪恶，尚且知道把好东西给儿女，天父岂不更要赐圣灵给那些求祂的人吗？”
圣经新译本 - 你们虽然不好，尚且知道把好东西给自己的儿女，何况天父，岂不更把圣灵赐给求他的人吗？”
中文标准译本 - 所以，如果你们做为恶人也知道把好的东西给自己的儿女，更何况天上的父要赐圣灵给求他的人呢！”
现代标点和合本 - 你们虽然不好，尚且知道拿好东西给儿女，何况天父，岂不更将圣灵给求他的人吗？”
和合本（拼音版） - 你们虽然不好，尚且知道拿好东西给儿女，何况天父，岂不更将圣灵给求他的人吗？”
New International Version - If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
New International Reader's Version - Even though you are evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father who is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
English Standard Version - If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
New Living Translation - So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”
Christian Standard Bible - If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
New American Standard Bible - So if you, despite being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”
New King James Version - If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
American Standard Version - If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
King James Version - If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
New English Translation - If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
World English Bible - If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
新標點和合本 - 你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女；何況天父，豈不更將聖靈給求他的人嗎？」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女，何況天父，他豈不更要把聖靈賜給求他的人嗎？」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女，何況天父，他豈不更要把聖靈賜給求他的人嗎？」
當代譯本 - 你們雖然邪惡，尚且知道把好東西給兒女，天父豈不更要賜聖靈給那些求祂的人嗎？」
聖經新譯本 - 你們雖然不好，尚且知道把好東西給自己的兒女，何況天父，豈不更把聖靈賜給求他的人嗎？”
呂振中譯本 - 這樣，你們雖然不好，尚且曉得把好贈品給你們的兒女，何況天上的父、豈不更要將聖靈給求他的人麼？』
中文標準譯本 - 所以，如果你們做為惡人也知道把好的東西給自己的兒女，更何況天上的父要賜聖靈給求他的人呢！」
現代標點和合本 - 你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女，何況天父，豈不更將聖靈給求他的人嗎？」
文理和合譯本 - 爾曹雖不善、尚知以嘉貺予爾子、況天父不更以聖神予求之者乎、○
文理委辦譯本 - 爾曹惡人、尚知以善物與子、何況天父、不更以聖神與求之者乎、○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾曹雖不善、尚知以善物予子、何況天主、不更以聖神予求之者乎、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 夫以爾等罪人、尚知以嘉惠賜爾兒女；況在爾之天父、有不更以聖神賦予求之者乎！』
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pues, si ustedes, aun siendo malos, saben dar cosas buenas a sus hijos, ¡cuánto más el Padre celestial dará el Espíritu Santo a quienes se lo pidan!»
현대인의 성경 - 악한 사람이라도 자기 자녀에게는 좋은 선물을 줄 줄 아는데 하물며 하늘에 계신 너희 아버지께서 구하는 사람에게 성령을 주시지 않겠느냐?”
Новый Русский Перевод - Если вы, будучи злы, умеете давать своим детям благие дары, то тем более Небесный Отец даст Святого Духа тем, кто просит у Него! ( Мат. 12:22-30 ; Мк. 3:22-27 )
Восточный перевод - Если вы, будучи злы, умеете давать своим детям благие дары, то тем более Небесный Отец даст Святого Духа тем, кто просит у Него!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Если вы, будучи злы, умеете давать своим детям благие дары, то тем более Небесный Отец даст Святого Духа тем, кто просит у Него!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Если вы, будучи злы, умеете давать своим детям благие дары, то тем более Небесный Отец даст Святого Духа тем, кто просит у Него!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Si donc, tout mauvais que vous êtes, vous savez donner de bonnes choses à vos enfants, à combien plus forte raison le Père céleste donnera-t-il l’Esprit Saint à ceux qui le lui demandent.
リビングバイブル - 罪深い人間でさえ、子どもには良い物を与えたいと思うのが人情です。そうだとしたら天の父が、求める者に聖霊を下さらないわけはありません。」
Nestle Aland 28 - εἰ οὖν ὑμεῖς πονηροὶ ὑπάρχοντες οἴδατε δόματα ἀγαθὰ διδόναι τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὁ πατὴρ [ὁ] ἐξ οὐρανοῦ δώσει πνεῦμα ἅγιον τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἰ οὖν ὑμεῖς πονηροὶ ὑπάρχοντες, οἴδατε δόματα ἀγαθὰ διδόναι τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὁ Πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, δώσει Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν?
Nova Versão Internacional - Se vocês, apesar de serem maus, sabem dar boas coisas aos seus filhos, quanto mais o Pai que está nos céus dará o Espírito Santo a quem o pedir!” ( Mt 12.22-32 ; Mc 3.20-30 )
Hoffnung für alle - Trotz all eurer Bosheit wisst ihr Menschen doch, was gut für eure Kinder ist, und gebt es ihnen. Wie viel mehr wird der Vater im Himmel denen den Heiligen Geist schenken, die ihn darum bitten!« ( Matthäus 12,22‒30 ; Markus 3,22‒27 )
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các con vốn là người xấu xa còn biết cho con mình vật tốt, huống chi Cha các con ở trên trời chẳng ban Chúa Thánh Linh cho người cầu xin Ngài sao?”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ถ้าแม้ท่านเองซึ่งเป็นคนชั่วยังรู้จักให้สิ่งดีๆ แก่บุตรของท่าน ยิ่งกว่านั้นสักเพียงใด พระบิดาของท่านในสวรรค์ย่อมประทานพระวิญญาณบริสุทธิ์แก่บรรดาผู้ที่ทูลขอพระองค์!” ( มธ.12:22 , 24-29 , 43-45 ; มก.3:23-27 )
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถ้าเจ้าเองผู้เป็นคนชั่วยังรู้จักให้สิ่งที่ดีแก่ลูกๆ และยิ่งกว่านั้นขนาดไหนที่พระบิดาในสวรรค์จะให้พระวิญญาณบริสุทธิ์แก่ผู้ที่ขอจากพระองค์”

交叉引用

Titus 3:3 - For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Genesis 6:5 - The Lord saw that the wickedness (depravity) of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination or intent of the thoughts of his heart were only evil continually.
Genesis 6:6 - The Lord regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart.
Job 15:14 - What is man, that he should be pure and clean, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?
Job 15:15 - Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones (angels); Indeed, the heavens are not pure in His sight—
Job 15:16 - How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt, Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!
Romans 7:18 - For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not.
Genesis 8:21 - The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma [a soothing, satisfying scent] and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intent (strong inclination, desire) of man’s heart is wicked from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
Romans 5:17 - For if by the trespass of the one (Adam), death reigned through the one (Adam), much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in [eternal] life through the One, Jesus Christ.
Psalms 51:5 - I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness; In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].
Luke 15:30 - but when this [other] son of yours arrived, who has devoured your estate with immoral women, you slaughtered that fattened calf for him!’
Luke 15:31 - The father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
Luke 15:32 - But it was fitting to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was [as good as] dead and has begun to live. He was lost and has been found.’ ”
Luke 11:2 - He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘ Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
Hebrews 12:9 - Moreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we submitted and respected them [for training us]; shall we not much more willingly submit to the Father of spirits, and live [by learning from His discipline]?
Hebrews 12:10 - For our earthly fathers disciplined us for only a short time as seemed best to them; but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.
Romans 5:9 - Therefore, since we have now been justified [declared free of the guilt of sin] by His blood, [how much more certain is it that] we will be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
Romans 5:10 - For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more certain, having been reconciled, that we will be saved [from the consequences of sin] by His life [that is, we will be saved because Christ lives today].
Matthew 6:32 - For the [pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; [but do not worry,] for your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
Matthew 6:30 - But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive and green today and tomorrow is [cut and] thrown [as fuel] into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
2 Corinthians 3:9 - For if the ministry that brings condemnation [the old covenant, the Law] has glory, how much more does glory overflow in the ministry that brings righteousness [the new covenant which declares believers free of guilt and sets them apart for God’s special purpose]!
2 Corinthians 3:10 - Indeed, what had glory [the Law], in this case no longer has glory because of the glory that surpasses it [the gospel].
2 Corinthians 3:11 - For if that [Law] which fades away came with glory, how much more must that [gospel] which remains and is permanent abide in glory and splendor!
Matthew 5:16 - Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and [recognize and honor and] glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:45 - so that you may [show yourselves to] be the children of your Father who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on those who are evil and on those who are good, and makes the rain fall on the righteous [those who are morally upright] and the unrighteous [the unrepentant, those who oppose Him].
Matthew 6:14 - For if you forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Isaiah 49:15 - [The Lord answered] “Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.
Joel 2:28 - “It shall come about after this That I shall pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions.
John 3:5 - Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.
John 3:6 - That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Ezekiel 36:27 - I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My ordinances and do them.
John 7:37 - Now on the last and most important day of the feast, Jesus stood and called out [in a loud voice], “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!
John 7:38 - He who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Me], as the Scripture has said, ‘From his innermost being will flow continually rivers of living water.’ ”
John 7:39 - But He was speaking of the [Holy] Spirit, whom those who believed in Him [as Savior] were to receive afterward. The Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honor).
Romans 8:32 - He who did not spare [even] His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?
Acts 2:38 - And Peter said to them, “Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Proverbs 1:23 - If you will turn and pay attention to my rebuke, Behold, I [Wisdom] will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
John 4:10 - Jesus answered her, “If you knew [about] God’s gift [of eternal life], and who it is who says, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him [instead], and He would have given you living water (eternal life).”
Isaiah 44:3 - For I will pour out water on him who is thirsty, And streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring And My blessing on your descendants;
Isaiah 44:4 - And they will spring up among the grass Like willows by the streams of water.’
Matthew 7:11 - If you then, evil (sinful by nature) as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give what is good and advantageous to those who keep on asking Him.

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - If you, then, being evil [that is, sinful by nature], know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and continue to ask Him!”
新标点和合本 - 你们虽然不好，尚且知道拿好东西给儿女；何况天父，岂不更将圣灵给求他的人吗？”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们虽然不好，尚且知道拿好东西给儿女，何况天父，他岂不更要把圣灵赐给求他的人吗？”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们虽然不好，尚且知道拿好东西给儿女，何况天父，他岂不更要把圣灵赐给求他的人吗？”
当代译本 - 你们虽然邪恶，尚且知道把好东西给儿女，天父岂不更要赐圣灵给那些求祂的人吗？”
圣经新译本 - 你们虽然不好，尚且知道把好东西给自己的儿女，何况天父，岂不更把圣灵赐给求他的人吗？”
中文标准译本 - 所以，如果你们做为恶人也知道把好的东西给自己的儿女，更何况天上的父要赐圣灵给求他的人呢！”
现代标点和合本 - 你们虽然不好，尚且知道拿好东西给儿女，何况天父，岂不更将圣灵给求他的人吗？”
和合本（拼音版） - 你们虽然不好，尚且知道拿好东西给儿女，何况天父，岂不更将圣灵给求他的人吗？”
New International Version - If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
New International Reader's Version - Even though you are evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father who is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
English Standard Version - If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
New Living Translation - So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”
Christian Standard Bible - If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
New American Standard Bible - So if you, despite being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”
New King James Version - If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
American Standard Version - If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
King James Version - If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
New English Translation - If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
World English Bible - If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
新標點和合本 - 你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女；何況天父，豈不更將聖靈給求他的人嗎？」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女，何況天父，他豈不更要把聖靈賜給求他的人嗎？」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女，何況天父，他豈不更要把聖靈賜給求他的人嗎？」
當代譯本 - 你們雖然邪惡，尚且知道把好東西給兒女，天父豈不更要賜聖靈給那些求祂的人嗎？」
聖經新譯本 - 你們雖然不好，尚且知道把好東西給自己的兒女，何況天父，豈不更把聖靈賜給求他的人嗎？”
呂振中譯本 - 這樣，你們雖然不好，尚且曉得把好贈品給你們的兒女，何況天上的父、豈不更要將聖靈給求他的人麼？』
中文標準譯本 - 所以，如果你們做為惡人也知道把好的東西給自己的兒女，更何況天上的父要賜聖靈給求他的人呢！」
現代標點和合本 - 你們雖然不好，尚且知道拿好東西給兒女，何況天父，豈不更將聖靈給求他的人嗎？」
文理和合譯本 - 爾曹雖不善、尚知以嘉貺予爾子、況天父不更以聖神予求之者乎、○
文理委辦譯本 - 爾曹惡人、尚知以善物與子、何況天父、不更以聖神與求之者乎、○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾曹雖不善、尚知以善物予子、何況天主、不更以聖神予求之者乎、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 夫以爾等罪人、尚知以嘉惠賜爾兒女；況在爾之天父、有不更以聖神賦予求之者乎！』
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pues, si ustedes, aun siendo malos, saben dar cosas buenas a sus hijos, ¡cuánto más el Padre celestial dará el Espíritu Santo a quienes se lo pidan!»
현대인의 성경 - 악한 사람이라도 자기 자녀에게는 좋은 선물을 줄 줄 아는데 하물며 하늘에 계신 너희 아버지께서 구하는 사람에게 성령을 주시지 않겠느냐?”
Новый Русский Перевод - Если вы, будучи злы, умеете давать своим детям благие дары, то тем более Небесный Отец даст Святого Духа тем, кто просит у Него! ( Мат. 12:22-30 ; Мк. 3:22-27 )
Восточный перевод - Если вы, будучи злы, умеете давать своим детям благие дары, то тем более Небесный Отец даст Святого Духа тем, кто просит у Него!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Если вы, будучи злы, умеете давать своим детям благие дары, то тем более Небесный Отец даст Святого Духа тем, кто просит у Него!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Если вы, будучи злы, умеете давать своим детям благие дары, то тем более Небесный Отец даст Святого Духа тем, кто просит у Него!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Si donc, tout mauvais que vous êtes, vous savez donner de bonnes choses à vos enfants, à combien plus forte raison le Père céleste donnera-t-il l’Esprit Saint à ceux qui le lui demandent.
リビングバイブル - 罪深い人間でさえ、子どもには良い物を与えたいと思うのが人情です。そうだとしたら天の父が、求める者に聖霊を下さらないわけはありません。」
Nestle Aland 28 - εἰ οὖν ὑμεῖς πονηροὶ ὑπάρχοντες οἴδατε δόματα ἀγαθὰ διδόναι τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὁ πατὴρ [ὁ] ἐξ οὐρανοῦ δώσει πνεῦμα ἅγιον τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἰ οὖν ὑμεῖς πονηροὶ ὑπάρχοντες, οἴδατε δόματα ἀγαθὰ διδόναι τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὁ Πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, δώσει Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν?
Nova Versão Internacional - Se vocês, apesar de serem maus, sabem dar boas coisas aos seus filhos, quanto mais o Pai que está nos céus dará o Espírito Santo a quem o pedir!” ( Mt 12.22-32 ; Mc 3.20-30 )
Hoffnung für alle - Trotz all eurer Bosheit wisst ihr Menschen doch, was gut für eure Kinder ist, und gebt es ihnen. Wie viel mehr wird der Vater im Himmel denen den Heiligen Geist schenken, die ihn darum bitten!« ( Matthäus 12,22‒30 ; Markus 3,22‒27 )
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các con vốn là người xấu xa còn biết cho con mình vật tốt, huống chi Cha các con ở trên trời chẳng ban Chúa Thánh Linh cho người cầu xin Ngài sao?”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ถ้าแม้ท่านเองซึ่งเป็นคนชั่วยังรู้จักให้สิ่งดีๆ แก่บุตรของท่าน ยิ่งกว่านั้นสักเพียงใด พระบิดาของท่านในสวรรค์ย่อมประทานพระวิญญาณบริสุทธิ์แก่บรรดาผู้ที่ทูลขอพระองค์!” ( มธ.12:22 , 24-29 , 43-45 ; มก.3:23-27 )
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถ้าเจ้าเองผู้เป็นคนชั่วยังรู้จักให้สิ่งที่ดีแก่ลูกๆ และยิ่งกว่านั้นขนาดไหนที่พระบิดาในสวรรค์จะให้พระวิญญาณบริสุทธิ์แก่ผู้ที่ขอจากพระองค์”

Titus 3:3 - For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Genesis 6:5 - The Lord saw that the wickedness (depravity) of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination or intent of the thoughts of his heart were only evil continually.
Genesis 6:6 - The Lord regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart.
Job 15:14 - What is man, that he should be pure and clean, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?
Job 15:15 - Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones (angels); Indeed, the heavens are not pure in His sight—
Job 15:16 - How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt, Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!
Romans 7:18 - For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not.
Genesis 8:21 - The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma [a soothing, satisfying scent] and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intent (strong inclination, desire) of man’s heart is wicked from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
Romans 5:17 - For if by the trespass of the one (Adam), death reigned through the one (Adam), much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in [eternal] life through the One, Jesus Christ.
Psalms 51:5 - I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness; In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].
Luke 15:30 - but when this [other] son of yours arrived, who has devoured your estate with immoral women, you slaughtered that fattened calf for him!’
Luke 15:31 - The father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
Luke 15:32 - But it was fitting to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was [as good as] dead and has begun to live. He was lost and has been found.’ ”
Luke 11:2 - He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘ Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
Hebrews 12:9 - Moreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we submitted and respected them [for training us]; shall we not much more willingly submit to the Father of spirits, and live [by learning from His discipline]?
Hebrews 12:10 - For our earthly fathers disciplined us for only a short time as seemed best to them; but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.
Romans 5:9 - Therefore, since we have now been justified [declared free of the guilt of sin] by His blood, [how much more certain is it that] we will be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
Romans 5:10 - For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more certain, having been reconciled, that we will be saved [from the consequences of sin] by His life [that is, we will be saved because Christ lives today].
Matthew 6:32 - For the [pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; [but do not worry,] for your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
Matthew 6:30 - But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive and green today and tomorrow is [cut and] thrown [as fuel] into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
2 Corinthians 3:9 - For if the ministry that brings condemnation [the old covenant, the Law] has glory, how much more does glory overflow in the ministry that brings righteousness [the new covenant which declares believers free of guilt and sets them apart for God’s special purpose]!
2 Corinthians 3:10 - Indeed, what had glory [the Law], in this case no longer has glory because of the glory that surpasses it [the gospel].
2 Corinthians 3:11 - For if that [Law] which fades away came with glory, how much more must that [gospel] which remains and is permanent abide in glory and splendor!
Matthew 5:16 - Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and [recognize and honor and] glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:45 - so that you may [show yourselves to] be the children of your Father who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on those who are evil and on those who are good, and makes the rain fall on the righteous [those who are morally upright] and the unrighteous [the unrepentant, those who oppose Him].
Matthew 6:14 - For if you forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Isaiah 49:15 - [The Lord answered] “Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.
Joel 2:28 - “It shall come about after this That I shall pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions.
John 3:5 - Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.
John 3:6 - That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Ezekiel 36:27 - I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My ordinances and do them.
John 7:37 - Now on the last and most important day of the feast, Jesus stood and called out [in a loud voice], “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!
John 7:38 - He who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Me], as the Scripture has said, ‘From his innermost being will flow continually rivers of living water.’ ”
John 7:39 - But He was speaking of the [Holy] Spirit, whom those who believed in Him [as Savior] were to receive afterward. The Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honor).
Romans 8:32 - He who did not spare [even] His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?
Acts 2:38 - And Peter said to them, “Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Proverbs 1:23 - If you will turn and pay attention to my rebuke, Behold, I [Wisdom] will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
John 4:10 - Jesus answered her, “If you knew [about] God’s gift [of eternal life], and who it is who says, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him [instead], and He would have given you living water (eternal life).”
Isaiah 44:3 - For I will pour out water on him who is thirsty, And streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring And My blessing on your descendants;
Isaiah 44:4 - And they will spring up among the grass Like willows by the streams of water.’
Matthew 7:11 - If you then, evil (sinful by nature) as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give what is good and advantageous to those who keep on asking Him.