Spiritual Life
40 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
21 sections
- All Saints Have
- Christ is the Author of
- Evidenced by Love to the Brethren
- God is the Author of
- Has Its Infancy
- Has Its Maturity
- Has Its Origin in the New-Birth
- Has Its Youth
- Hypocrites Destitute of
- Illustrated
- Lovers of Pleasure Destitute of
- Pray for the Increase of
- Revived by God
- Saints Praise God For
- Seek to Grow In
- should Animate the Services of Saints
- Spiritual-Mindedness Is
- The Fear of God Is
- The Holy Spirit is the Author of
- The Wicked Alienated From
- The Word of God is the Instrument of
All Saints Have
- Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
- Ephesians 2:5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
- Colossians 2:13 When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
Christ is the Author of
- John 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
- John 5:25 Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
- John 6:33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
- John 6:51–53 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.” …
- John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- 1 John 4:9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
Evidenced by Love to the Brethren
- 1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
God is the Author of
- Psalm 36:9 For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- Colossians 2:13 When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
Has Its Infancy
- Luke 10:21 At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for …
- 1 Corinthians 3:1–2 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly — as infants in Christ. …
- 1 John 2:12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.
Has Its Maturity
- Ephesians 4:13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
- 1 John 2:13–14 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. …
Has Its Origin in the New-Birth
- John 3:3–8 Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” …
Has Its Youth
- 1 John 2:13–14 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. …
Hypocrites Destitute of
- Jude 12 These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
- Revelation 3:1 “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.
Illustrated
- Ezekiel 37:9–10 Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!” …
- Luke 15:24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
Lovers of Pleasure Destitute of
- 1 Timothy 5:6 But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
Pray for the Increase of
- Psalm 119:25 My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
- Psalm 143:11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
Revived by God
- Psalm 85:6 Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?
- Hosea 6:2 After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
Saints Praise God For
- Psalm 119:175 Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
Seek to Grow In
- Ephesians 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
- 1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
should Animate the Services of Saints
- Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- 1 Corinthians 14:15 What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.
Spiritual-Mindedness Is
- Romans 8:6 The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
The Fear of God Is
- Proverbs 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
The Holy Spirit is the Author of
- Ezekiel 37:14 I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”
- Romans 8:9–13 You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. …
The Wicked Alienated From
- Ephesians 4:18 They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
The Word of God is the Instrument of
- Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant — My loving devotion promised to David.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6 And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- 1 Peter 4:6 That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.