The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (48 page)
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Authors: Elizabeth Knowles
Jesus wept.
St John ch. 11, v. 35
It is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people.
said by Caiaphas
St John ch. 11, v. 50
The poor always ye have with you.
St John ch. 12, v. 8
Let not your heart be troubled.
St John ch. 14, v. 1
In my Father's house are many mansions…I go to prepare a place for you.
St John ch. 14, v. 2
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
St John ch. 14, v. 6
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
St John ch. 14, v. 27
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
St John ch. 15, v. 13.
Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?
St John ch. 18, v. 38.
Now Barabbas was a robber.
St John ch. 18, v. 40.
A place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha.
St John ch. 19, v. 17
What I have written I have written.
said by Pilate
St John ch. 19, v. 22
Woman, behold thy son!…
Behold thy mother!
to the Virgin Mary and, traditionally, St John
St John ch. 19, v. 26
I thirst.
St John ch. 19, v. 28
It is finished.
St John ch. 19, v. 30
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
St John ch. 20, v. 1
They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
said by St Mary Magdalene
St John ch. 20, v. 13
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She supposing him to be the gardener saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
St John ch. 20, v. 15
Touch me not.
to St Mary Magdalene
St John ch. 20, v. 17
Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
said by St Thomas
St John ch. 20, v. 25
Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
St John ch. 20, v. 29
Feed my sheep.
St John ch. 21, v. 16
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Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
Acts of the Apostles ch. 1, v. 11
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 2, v. 2
Thy money perish with thee.
to Simon Magus
Acts of the Apostles ch. 8, v. 20
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Acts of the Apostles ch. 9, v. 4
It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 9, v. 5
The street which is called Straight.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 9, v. 11
Dorcas: this woman was full of good works.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 9, v. 36
God is no respecter of persons.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 10, v. 34
What must I do to be saved?
Acts of the Apostles ch. 16, v. 30
Certain lewd fellows of the baser sort.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 17, v. 5
Those that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 17, v. 6
I found an altar with this inscription,
to the unknown god
.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 17, v. 22
For in him we live, and move, and have our being.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 17, v. 28
We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 19, v. 2
Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 19, v. 34
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 20, v. 35
But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 21, v. 39
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 22, v. 28
I appeal unto Caesar.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 25, v. 11
Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 25, v. 12
Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 26, v. 24
Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
Acts of the Apostles ch. 26, v. 28
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Patient continuance in well doing.
Romans ch. 2, v. 7
A law unto themselves.
Romans ch. 2, v. 14
Let us do evil, that good may come.
Romans ch. 3, v. 8
For where no law is, there is no transgression.
Romans ch. 4, v. 15
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations.
of Abraham
Romans ch. 4, v. 18
Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Romans ch. 6, v. 1
We also should walk in newness of life.
Romans ch. 6, v. 4
Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Romans ch. 6, v. 9.
The wages of sin is death.
Romans ch. 6, v. 23
I had not known sin, but by the law.
Romans ch. 7, v. 7
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Romans ch. 7, v. 19.
All things work together for good to them that love God.
Romans ch. 8, v. 28
If God be for us, who can be against us?
Romans ch. 8, v. 31
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans ch. 8, v. 38
Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God.
Romans ch. 12, v. 1
Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Romans ch. 12, v. 19
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Romans ch. 13, v. 12
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For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom.
I Corinthians ch. 1, v. 22
We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness.
I Corinthians ch. 1, v. 23
Absent in body, but present in spirit.
I Corinthians ch. 5, v. 3
Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
I Corinthians ch. 5, v. 6
It is better to marry than to burn.
I Corinthians ch. 7, v. 9
I am made all things to all men.
I Corinthians ch. 9, v. 22
For the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof.
I Corinthians ch. 10, v. 26
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her.
I Corinthians ch. 11, v. 14
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith; so that I could remove mountains; and have not charity, I am nothing.
I Corinthians ch. 13, v. 1
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up…
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity never faileth
I Corinthians ch. 13, v. 4
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
I Corinthians ch. 13, v. 9
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
I Corinthians ch. 13, v. 11
Let all things be done decently and in order.
I Corinthians ch. 14, v. 40
Last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am.
I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 8
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 20
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 26
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 32
Evil communications corrupt good manners.
I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 33
The first man is of the earth, earthy.
I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 47
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 51
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 55
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The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
II Corinthians ch. 3, v. 5
We have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
II Corinthians ch. 5, v. 1.
God loveth a cheerful giver.
II Corinthians ch. 9, v. 7
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
II Corinthians ch. 11, v. 19
There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.
II Corinthians ch. 12, v. 7
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Ye are fallen from grace.
Galatians ch. 5, v. 4