8311 morality, and redemption
Dictionary of Bible Themes

The morality which is appropriate for God's own people is expressed in the OT law, and in the person and teaching of Jesus Christ.

Leviticus 11:44-45

Relationship with God is expressed in moral terms

Matthew 5:48

In the moral standards God expects of his people

See also

Matthew 5:43-44
Luke 6:35-36
Ephesians 4:31-5:3

pp Lk 6:27-28

1 Peter 1:15-16
3 John 1:11
Isaiah 51:4
Romans 7:12

In God's moral laws

See also

Exodus 20:1-7
Deuteronomy 6:25
Psalms 119:137-138; 147:19-20
Proverbs 29:18
Isaiah 51:7
Amos 2:6-7

See also

In God's denunciation of immorality and religious hypocrisy

Isaiah 1:15-23
Amos 5:21-24
Micah 6:8
Ephesians 5:5
Colossians 3:5-7
John 1:14

See also

In the life and teaching of Jesus Christ

Matthew 5:17-20
John 1:17-18; 3:19
Hebrews 4:15
Deuteronomy 24:17-18

The incentive for moral change lies in what God has done in redemption

See also

In the OT

Leviticus 19:13-18,35-36
Deuteronomy 15:12-15; 24:21-22
1 Corinthians 6:19-20

See also

In the NT

Romans 12:1-2
Ezekiel 36:26-27

Moral change brought about by God's work of renewal

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

See also

Romans 8:3-4,11-14
Galatians 5:19-24
Ephesians 4:22-24
Philippians 2:12-13
Colossians 3:8-12
Hebrews 8:10
Jeremiah 31:33

See also

5375 law
5770 abandonment
6720 redemption
6744 sanctification
8154 righteousness
8241 ethics, basis of
8266 holiness
8325 purity
Dictionary of Bible Themes
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