Index to Biblical References & Citations

 

Friends, this is a list, as complete as I can make it, of all appearances and mentions of Biblical passages on this Web site.

It includes citations of extra-canonical material from the Biblical era, and covers the earthwitness journal (“ewj”), The Quaker Magpie Journal (“QMJ”), and my essay Creation Encountered (CE).

I assembled this list for personal reference. But it has occurred to me that others might find it helpful for their own use in searching this site.

 

Jump Directly to Sections:

1. Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
2. Histories (Judges, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Nehemiah)
3. Wisdom (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Daniel 13)
4. Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel)
5. Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Jonah, Micah)
6. Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) & Acts
7. Canonical Epistles (Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, I Thessalonians, II Timothy, Philemon, Hebrews, James, Peter, I John)
8. Apocalypse (Revelation) & Extra-Canonical (Gospel of Thomas, Ignatius to the Ephesians, Didache)

 

I. Torah

Genesis 1:16,18

“dominion” of sun and moon

• CE
• “Bible Study at Harrisonburg, Part One: Creation and Dominion”, ewj 8/20/06

Genesis 1:26,28

“dominion” of humans

• CE
• “Report from Englewood”, ewj 7/5/06
• “Bible Study at Harrisonburg, Part One: Creation and Dominion”, ewj 8/20/06

Genesis 1:29-30

vegetarianism commanded

• “Bible Study at Harrisonburg, Part One: Creation and Dominion”, ewj 8/20/06
• “Bible Study, Part Three: A World Restored”, ewj 8/24/06

Genesis 1:31

everything God made is good

• “Bible Study at Harrisonburg, Part One: Creation and Dominion”, ewj 8/20/06
• “On Living in Harmony — Parts Two and Three”, ewj 9/22/06 (in comments)

Genesis 3:8

God walks in the Garden

• CE

Genesis 3:21

God made tunics of skin for Adam and Eve

• CE

Genesis 4:7

illustrating usage of mâshal

• CE

Genesis 9:9-10

God’s covenant with Noah and the animals

• CE

Genesis 12:1

God’s first command to Abram: get out of your homeland

• “Meeting for Worship; Meeting for Business”, QMJ 12/31/06 (in comments)

Genesis 22:1-18

Abraham offers Isaac to God as a sacrifice

• “Friends and Doctrines”, QMJ 2/25/07

Exodus 3:5

the burning Bush and holy ground

• CE

Exodus 3:8

“a land of milk and honey”

• CE

Exodus 4:10

Moses to God: don’t ask me to do this, I’m a terrible public speaker

• “Meeting for Worship; Meeting for Business”, QMJ 12/31/06 (in comments)

Exodus 20:25

altars of stone to be unhewn

• “My Strength and My Salvation”, ewj 5/23/06 (in comments)

Exodus 21:5-6

a person might voluntarily choose to become a slave for life

• “The First Friends and Slavery”, ewj 12/21/06, footnote 10

Exodus 21:20-27

laws regulating physical abuse of slaves by their owners

• “The First Friends and Slavery”, ewj 12/21/06, footnote 11

Exodus 33:3

“a land of milk and honey”

• CE

Leviticus 25:1-22

Sabbath and Jubilee years

• CE

Leviticus 25:39-55/DT>

laws regarding slavery

• “The First Friends and Slavery”, ewj 12/21/06, footnote 10

Leviticus 25:43,46,52; 26:17

illustrating usage of râdâh

• CE

Leviticus 27:21

fields hallowed in Jubilee year

• CE

Numbers 24:19

illustrating usage of râdâh

• CE

Numbers 35:30

rules of witness

• “The Witness Workshop, Part One: Secular Origins”, ewj 9/1/06

Deuteronomy 8:7-9

“a land of milk and honey”

• CE

Deuteronomy 15:16-17

a person might voluntarily choose to become a slave for life

• “The First Friends and Slavery”, ewj 12/21/06, footnote 10

Deuteronomy 17:6

rules of witness

• “The Witness Workshop, Part One: Secular Origins”, ewj 9/1/06

Deuteronomy 17:14-20

rules for kingship

• CE
• “Bible Study at Harrisonburg, Part One: Creation and Dominion”, ewj 8/20/06
• “The Witness Workshop, Part Two: The Classic Example”, ewj 9/5/06

Deuteronomy 19:15

rules of witness

• “The Witness Workshop, Part One: Secular Origins”, ewj 9/1/06

Deuteronomy 27:5-6

altars of stone to be unhewn

• “My Strength and My Salvation”, ewj 5/23/06 (in comments)

 

II. Histories

Judges 14:9

illustrating usage of râdâh

• CE

Judges 5

the Song of Deborah

• “Bible Study, Part Two: Of God the Restorer”, ewj 8/22/06

Judges 8:23

illustrating usage of mâshal

• CE

I Samuel 12:1-5

the weight of a witness

• “The Witness Workshop, Part One: Secular Origins”, ewj 9/1/06

II Samuel 1-12

David’s early kingship

• CE

II Samuel 4:5-12

David punishes those who murdered his enemy

• “The Witness Workshop, Part Two: The Classic Example”, ewj 9/5/06

II Samuel 6:12-22

the bringing of the Ark to Jerusalem

• “The Witness Workshop, Part Two: The Classic Example”, ewj 9/5/06

II Samuel 11

David, Bathsheba & Uriah

• “The Witness Workshop, Part Two: The Classic Example”, ewj 9/5/06

II Samuel 12:1-13

Nathan confronts David

• “The Witness Workshop, Part Two: The Classic Example”, ewj 9/5/06
• “The Witness Workshop, Conclusion: Exploring the Mechanics”, ewj 9/11/06

II Samuel 22

Hymn to the God of Storms

• “Bible Study, Part Two: Of God the Restorer”, ewj 8/22/06

I Kings 4:24, 5:16, 9:23

illustrating usage of râdâh

• CE

I Kings 19:11

God to Elijah: go and stand on the mountain before Me

• “Meeting for Worship; Meeting for Business”, QMJ 12/31/06 (in comments)

I Kings 21

Naboth’s vineyard

• CE

II Chronicles 8:10

illustrating usage of râdâh

• CE

Nehemiah 9:28

illustrating usage of râdâh

• CE

 

III. Wisdom

Job 4:8

we reap what we sow

• “My Strength and My Salvation”, ewj 5/23/06 (in comments)

Job 38-40

God’s answer to Job

• “On Living in Harmony — Parts Two and Three”, ewj 9/22/06 (in comments)

Psalm 8:6-8

“dominion” of humans

• CE
• “Bible Study at Harrisonburg, Part One: Creation and Dominion”, ewj 8/20/06

Psalm 18

Hymn to the God of Storms

• “Bible Study, Part Two: Of God the Restorer”, ewj 8/22/06

Psalm 27:14

“Wait on YHWH!”

• “To a friend visiting a Friends meeting for the first time”, QMJ 9/20/06

Psalm 46

“our refuge and our strength”

• “Tool Conversations”, ewj 5/9/06 (in comments)

Psalms 72:8, 110:2

illustrating usage of râdâh

• CE

Psalm 123:2

“As servants look to the hand of their masters, so we to YHWH”

• “To a friend visiting a Friends meeting for the first time”, QMJ 9/20/06

Psalm 126:5

we reap what we sow

• “My Strength and My Salvation”, ewj 5/23/06 (in comments)

Proverbs 12:10

a righteous man has regard for the life of his animal

• CE

Proverbs 22:8

we reap what we sow

• “My Strength and My Salvation”, ewj 5/23/06 (in comments)

Proverbs 28:5

those who seek YHWH understand all

• “To a friend visiting a Friends meeting for the first time”, QMJ 9/20/06

Ecclesiastes 3:19

humans and animals have one breath

• CE

Daniel 13

Susanna and the Elders

• “The Witness Workshop, Part One: Secular Origins”, ewj 9/1/06

 

IV. Major Prophets

Isaiah 6

the prophet called to engage in futile prophecy

• “Report from Cadiz”, ewj 7/2/06

Isaiah 6:8-12

the prophet to go unheard

• “‘God Has Given Thee a Measure…’”, ewj 6/21/06(in comments)

Isaiah 11:6-9

the Peaceable Kingdom

• CE
• “Bible Study, Part Three: A World Restored”, ewj 8/24/06
• “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06

Isaiah 14:2,6

illustrating usage of râdâh

• CE

Isaiah 20:2-3

going naked for a sign

• “Going Naked for a Sign”, ewj 6/10/06

Isaiah 25:9

…We have waited for Him, and He will save us!

• “Midweek Meeting for Worship”, QMJ 10/27/06

Isaiah 29:9-10

the prophets silenced by God

• “‘God Has Given Thee a Measure…’”, ewj 6/21/06(in comments)

Isaiah 30:7

help from Egypt to be in vain

• “Going Naked for a Sign”, ewj 6/10/06

Isaiah 31:1

seeking help from human strength an error

• “My Strength and My Salvation”, ewj 5/23/06

Isaiah 41:2

illustrating usage of râdâh

• CE

Isaiah 54:13-14

all your children to be taught by YHWH

• “To a friend visiting a Friends meeting for the first time”, QMJ 9/20/06

Isaiah 58:6-9

share your bread with the hungry, and you’ll be blessed

• “Confucius for Quakers: 5”, QMJ 1/25/07

Isaiah 61:1-2

quoted by Christ in his first sermon

• “‘God Has Given Thee a Measure…’”, ewj 6/21/06(in comments)

Isaiah 66:3

“he who kills a bull, slays a man”

• CE

Jeremiah 5:31

illustrating usage of râdâh

• CE

Jeremiah 31:33

the Law written on the tablets of the heart

• “To a friend visiting a Friends meeting for the first time”, QMJ 9/20/06

Ezekiel 1-2

the calling of the prophet

• “Report from Cadiz”, ewj 7/2/06

Ezekiel 29:15, 34:4

illustrating usage of râdâh

• CE

 

V. Minor Prophets

Hosea 1-2

the parable of Hosea’s marriage

• “Naming the Creatures”, ewj 5/27/06
• “Bible Study, Part Two: Of God the Restorer”, ewj 8/22/06

Hosea 8:7

we reap what we sow

• “My Strength and My Salvation”, ewj 5/23/06 (in comments)

Hosea 8:14

human strength is no defense

• “My Strength and My Salvation”, ewj 5/23/06

Hosea 10:12

we reap what we sow

• “My Strength and My Salvation”, ewj 5/23/06 (in comments)

Joel 2:28-32

the Spirit to be poured out

• “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06

Amos 4-5

a prophecy of tragedy, referencing how God may be known

• “On Living in Harmony — Parts Five through Seven”, ewj 10/3/06

Amos 7:7-9

the prophet told that doom can no longer be averted

• “‘God Has Given Thee a Measure…’”, ewj 6/21/06(in comments)

Jonah 1

meeting God on the sea

• CE

Micah 6:8

do justly, love mercy, walk with God

• “To a friend visiting a Friends meeting for the first time”, QMJ 9/20/06

 

VI. Gospels & Acts

Matthew 4:1-11

the Temptation in the Wilderness

• CE

Matthew 5-7

the Sermon on the Mount

• “On Living in Harmony with All God’s Creation — Conclusion”, ewj 10/8/06

Matthew 5:12

rejoice when they persecute you

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

Matthew 5:23-24

be reconciled to your brother before offering your gift at the altar

• “Confucius for Quakers: 5”, QMJ 1/25/07

Matthew 5:38-42

resist not evil; turn the other cheek; go the second mile; etc.

• “Confucius for Quakers: 4”, QMJ 11/5/06
• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 19

Matthew 5:48

you shall be perfect, as your Father in Heaven

• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 28

Matthew 6:10

…Your Kingdom come; Your will be done….

• “Lessons Learned”, ewj 10/20/06

Matthew 6:24

a person cannot serve two masters

• *Contra Gentes*: Is Voting Such a Good Thing?”, QMJ 10/23/06

Matthew 6:25-34

do not worry

• “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06

Matthew 7:8-11

Everyone who asks receives. For which of you, if your child asked for bread, would give him a stone? And isn’t God the sort who will do even better?

• “Meeting for Worship; Meeting for Business”, QMJ 12/31/06 (in comments)

Matthew 8:5-13

Christ heals the centurion’s servant

• “Confucius for Quakers: 4”, QMJ 11/5/06

Matthew 10:9-10

take nothing for your journey

• “Cutting Loose”, ewj 4/19/06

Matthew 12:36

no idle words

• “Taking a Good Look at the Selling Process”, QMJ 10/15/06

Matthew 14:13,23

Christ retreats to the wilderness to pray

• CE

Matthew 16:19

binding and loosing

• “Report from Bloomington-Normal”, ewj 6/15/06 (in comments)

Matthew 17:20

the faith that moves mountains

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

Matthew 18

principles of life in community (“Gospel order”)

• “On Living in Harmony with All God’s Creation — Conclusion”, ewj 10/8/06

Matthew 18:16

rules of witness

• “The Witness Workshop, Part One: Secular Origins”, ewj 9/1/06

Matthew 18:18

binding and loosing

• “Report from Bloomington-Normal”, ewj 6/15/06 (in comments)

Matthew 18:19

where two disciples agree

• “Corporate Practice and the ‘Word’”, ewj 7/11/06

Matthew 18:20

where two or three are gathered

• CE
• “Report from Fall Creek at Pendleton”, ewj 6/27/06 (in comments)
• “Corporate Practice and the ‘Word’”, ewj 7/11/06

Matthew 19:17

there is One that is good, namely God

• “Meeting for Worship; Meeting for Business”, QMJ 12/31/06 (in comments)

Matthew 23:23

the weightier matters of justice, mercy and faith

• “Confucius for Quakers: 2”, QMJ 9/29/06

Matthew 25:31-46

parable of the sheep and the goats

• “Incident at Covington”, ewj 7/6/06
• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 23

Matthew 26:36

Christ goes to the Garden to pray

• CE

Mark 2:13-17

Christ calls Levi away from the tax office

• “Confucius for Quakers: 4”, QMJ 11/5/06

Mark 10:18

there is One that is good, namely God

• “Meeting for Worship; Meeting for Business”, QMJ 12/31/06 (in comments)

Mark 10:42-45

servant lordship

• “Bible Study at Harrisonburg, Part One: Creation and Dominion”, ewj 8/20/06
• “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06

Luke 4:18-19

Christ’s first sermon

• “‘God Has Given Thee a Measure…’”, ewj 6/21/06 (in comments)
• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06

Luke 7:1-10

Christ heals the centurion’s servant

• “Confucius for Quakers: 4”, QMJ 11/5/06
• “The First Friends and Slavery”, ewj 12/21/06, footnote 13

Luke 8:11

the seed is the Word

• “Ministry and the ‘Word’”, ewj 7/3/06

Luke 10:3-4

go as lambs; take nothing for the journey

• “Cutting Loose”, ewj 4/19/06

Luke 10:25-37

parable of the Good Samaritan

• “Naming the Creatures”, ewj 5/27/06
• “Two Encounters”, ewj 7/16/06
• “Confucius for Quakers: 4”, QMJ 11/5/06

Luke 10:27

the second Great Commandment (“your neighbor as yourself”)

• “The Way Upstream”, ewj 11/25/06

Luke 12:11-12

the Holy Spirit will teach you what to say

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

Luke 12:13-15

Christ refuses to divide the inheritance

• *Contra Gentes*: Is Voting Such a Good Thing?”, QMJ 10/23/06

Luke 12:22-34

do not worry

• “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06

Luke 16:13

a person cannot serve two masters

• *Contra Gentes*: Is Voting Such a Good Thing?”, QMJ 10/23/06

Luke 17:7-10

parable of the servant who only does his duty

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

Luke 18:19

there is One that is good, namely God

• “Meeting for Worship; Meeting for Business”, QMJ 12/31/06 (in comments)

Luke 19:1-10

Christ wins Zacchæus to repentance

• “Confucius for Quakers: 4”, QMJ 11/5/06

John 1:1

the Word was in the beginning, is God

• “Ministry and the ‘Word’”, ewj 7/3/06
• “Corporate Practice and the ‘Word’”, ewj 7/11/06

John 1:14

the Word made flesh dwelt amongst us

• “Ministry and the ‘Word’”, ewj 7/3/06
• “Corporate Practice and the ‘Word’”, ewj 7/11/06

John 8:3-11

the woman taken in adultery

• “Confucius for Quakers: 4”, QMJ 11/5/06

John 13:3-17

Jesus’s footwashing

• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 21

John 13:34-35

“love one another; thus you are my disciples”

• “Corporate Practice and the ‘Word’”, ewj 7/11/06

John 14:2

many mansions

• “On Living in Harmony with All God’s Creation”, ewj 9/17/06

John 15:14

you are my friends if you do whatsoever I tell you

• “Meeting for Worship; Meeting for Business”, QMJ 12/31/06

John 15:15

I no longer call you “servants” (douloi), but “friends” (philoi)

• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 14
• “Friends and Doctrines”, QMJ 2/25/07

John 16:7-15

“the Paraklete will come and convict the world of sin and righteousness”

• “To a friend visiting a Friends meeting for the first time”, QMJ 9/20/06

John 16:24

whatever you ask in my name, will be given, that your joy may be complete

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

John 18:1-2

Christ’s fondness for the Garden of Gethsemane

• CE

John 18:36

if Christ’s kingdom were of this world, his servants would fight

• *Contra Gentes*: Is Voting Such a Good Thing?”, QMJ 10/23/06

Acts 2:14-21

Peter’s sermon at Pentecost: concerning the Spirit

• “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06
• “The Bible and Dr. Seuss”, QMJ 10/2/06
• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

Acts 6:2-3

the appointment of deacons for table-service

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

Acts 9:1-9

Saul’s experience on the road to Damascus

• “Meeting for Worship; Meeting for Business”, QMJ 12/31/06 (in comments)

Acts 15:22-23,28

Quaker-style discernment process by the Church at Jerusalem

• “The Giftedness of Elders”, QMJ 10/30/06 (in comments)
• “Christians, Dogmas, and Creeds”, QMJ 3/22/07

Acts 16:4

the things-which-seemed-good (dogmata)

• “Christians, Dogmas, and Creeds”, QMJ 3/22/07

Acts 16:19-34

Paul’s and Silas’s adventure in the Philippi prison

• “Confucius for Quakers: 4”, QMJ 11/5/06

Acts 17:28

Paul to the Athenians: in God we live & move & have our being

• “Meeting for Worship; Meeting for Business”, QMJ 12/31/06 (in comments)

 

VII. Canonical Epistles

Romans 1:11

I long to see you, that I might share with you some spiritual gift, that you might be established…

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

Romans 2:14-15

the Law written in hearts and consciences

• “To a friend visiting a Friends meeting for the first time”, QMJ 9/20/06

Romans 6:4

baptism is burial and resurrection, that we should walk in newness of life

• “Christians, Dogmas, and Creeds”, QMJ 3/22/07

Romans 6:23

the kharisma of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

Romans 8:12-13

we live not in the flesh but in the Spirit

• CE, “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06

Romans 8:14

those led by the Spirit are God’s children

• CE, “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06
• “The Giftedness of Elders”, QMJ 10/30/06 (in comments)

Romans 8:15-17

we received, not the spirit of bondage, but the Spirit of adoption

• CE, “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06
• “The Giftedness of Elders”, QMJ 10/30/06 (in comments)
• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 15

Romans 8:18

today’s sufferings are minor compared to the glory to come

• CE, “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06

Romans 8:19-22

Creation waits eagerly…

• CE
• “Half-Way Across West Virginia”, ewj 7/24/06
• “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06

Romans 8:23

we too wait eagerly for the adoption

• CE
• “Half-Way Across West Virginia”, ewj 7/24/06
• “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06
• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 15

Romans 8:26-28

the Spirit intercedes for us

• “Bible Study, Part Four: The Creation’s Waiting!”, ewj 8/26/06

Romans 8:28

all things work together for good to those that love the Lord…

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

Romans 12:6-8

various kinds of gifts

• “The Giftedness of Elders”, QMJ 10/30/06 (in comments)
• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

I Corinthians 6:1-3

the saints are the best qualified to judge/discern

• “The Giftedness of Elders”, QMJ 10/30/06 (in comments)

I Corinthians 7:7

each person has his own kharisma from God

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

I Corinthians 11:1

Imitate me, as I imitate Christ.

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

I Corinthians 12:1-11

the relationship between the Spirit and the kharismata

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

I Corinthians 12:4-11,28-31

various kinds of gifts

• “The Giftedness of Elders”, QMJ 10/30/06 (in comments)
• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

I Corinthians 12:4-11,28-31

earnestly desire the best kharismata

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

I Corinthians 13:1-3

the kharismata, without love, are of no worth

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

I Corinthians 13:7

love bears all things

• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 19

I Corinthians 14:1

desire pneumatika; the relationship between the Spirit and the kharismata

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

I Corinthians 14:29

let two or three prophets speak, and the congregation judge/discern

• “The Giftedness of Elders”, QMJ 10/30/06 (in comments)

II Corinthians 1:15

I intended to come to you, that you might have a second helping of grace.

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

II Corinthians 9:6

we reap what we sow

• “My Strength and My Salvation”, ewj 5/23/06 (in comments)

Galatians 3:26-4:4

no longer slaves, but children & heirs

• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnotes 15,16

Galatians 4:5-7

adoption, sonship, heirship

• “The Giftedness of Elders”, QMJ 10/30/06 (in comments)
• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 15

Galatians 6:2

bear one another’s burdens

• “Corporate Practice and the ‘Word’”, ewj 7/11/06

Galatians 6:7-8

we reap what we sow

• “My Strength and My Salvation”, ewj 5/23/06 (in comments)

Ephesians 1:5-6

adoption as children of God

• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 15

Ephesians 6:5-9

duties of masters and servants

• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06

Colossians 2:8

misleading philosophies

• “Of Will and Ministry”, ewj 5/11/06

Colossians 2:20-23

will-worship

• “Of Will and Ministry”, ewj 5/11/06

Colossians 3:11

neither Greek nor Jew, slave nor free

• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 16

Colossians 3:22

slaves, obey your masters

• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 17

I Thessalonians 2:3-5

the weight of a testimony

• “The Witness Workshop, Part One: Secular Origins”, ewj 9/1/06

I Thessalonians 5:6

You become imitators of us and of the Lord.

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

II Timothy 3:16

“All scripture is given by inspiration…”

• “The Bible and Dr. Seuss”, QMJ 10/2/06 (in comments)

Philemon 15-17

receive him no longer as a slave, but as a brother — as you would me

• “The First Friends and Slavery — Part Two”, ewj 12/22/06, footnote 18

Hebrews 8:10

“I will put My Laws in their minds and hearts.”

• “To a friend visiting a Friends meeting for the first time”, QMJ 9/20/06

James 1:17

every good giving and perfect gift is from God

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

James 2:23

Abraham was called the friend of God

• “Friends and Doctrines”, QMJ 2/25/07 (in comments)

I Peter 4:13

rejoice when you partake of Christ’s sufferings

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ 11/12/06

II Peter 1:20-21

“Prophecy never came by human will…”

• “The Bible and Dr. Seuss”, QMJ 10/2/06 (in comments)

I John 2:20,27

an anointing that teaches you all things

• “To a friend visiting a Friends meeting for the first time”, QMJ 9/20/06

I John 3:21

if our heart does not condemn us…

• “To a friend visiting a Friends meeting for the first time”, QMJ 9/20/06

 

VIII. Apocalypse & Extra-Canonical

Apocalypse (Revelation of John, ca. 94 - ca. 96 A.D.), 7:3

hurt not the Earth!

• “The Opening of My Second Week”, ewj 6/1/06

Apocalypse (Revelation of John, ca. 94 - ca. 96 A.D.), 8:1

the silence in Heaven

• “Bible Study, Conclusion: …Those Who Destroy the Earth”, ewj 8/28/06

Apocalypse (Revelation of John, ca. 94 - ca. 96 A.D.), 11:18

destroy the earth-destroyers!

• “Bible Study, Conclusion: …Those Who Destroy the Earth”, ewj 8/28/06

Gospel of Thomas (ca. 55 - ca. 140 A.D.), 42

be passers-by

• “It’s Not So Bad … We’re Used to Standing in the Snow”, QMJ 9/13/06

Gospel of Thomas (ca. 55 - ca. 140 A.D.), 72

Christ refuses to divide the inheritance

• “*Contra Gentes*: Is Voting Such a Good Thing?”, QMJ 10/23/06

Ignatios Theophoros (bishop of Antioch), Letter to the Ephesians (ca. 107 - ca. 112 A.D.), iv.1c

Christ is being sung

• “Confucius for Quakers: 3”, QMJ 10/5/06

Didache (compiled ca. 70 - ca. 150 on the basis of first century source texts), xi, xii

the rôles of apostles, prophets and teachers

• “‘The Devil Told Me the Same Thing’ — A Reëxamination of Gifts”, QMJ; 11/12/06