Browse quotations by Paul the Apostle with named works, context notes, meanings and recurring themes.
Focused collections bring together quotations from this author around one recurring idea.
“That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: 1 Corinthians 12:25 in the King James Version.
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”
Faith and hope remain important, but the chapter concludes by placing love above them as the greatest continuing virtue.
Source note: 1 Corinthians 13:13 in the King James Version.
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind.”
Love is defined partly through patience and kindness, shifting the idea from emotion alone toward repeated behavior under strain.
Source note: 1 Corinthians 13:4 in the King James Version; this is the opening clause of the verse.
“Charity never faileth.”
The brief statement gives enduring love priority over gifts and achievements that are temporary within the chapter’s larger argument.
Source note: 1 Corinthians 13:8 in the King James Version; “charity” is the KJV rendering in this passage.
“Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.”
The sequence emphasizes alertness, steadiness, and strength, presenting courage as sustained conduct rather than one dramatic moment.
Source note: 1 Corinthians 16:13 in the King James Version.
“That ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.”
The instruction does not forbid sorrow; it distinguishes grief shaped by hope from grief imagined as having no future beyond the loss.
Source note: 1 Thessalonians 4:13, King James Version; Paul addresses sorrow concerning those who have died and frames the following passage around hope.
“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another.”
Healthy community includes both consolation and constructive encouragement: people help each other endure and grow.
Source note: 1 Thessalonians 5:11 in the King James Version.
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
The verse presents thanksgiving as a continuing spiritual practice rather than something reserved only for circumstances that are easy or pleasant.
Source note: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 in the King James Version.
“Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble.”
Received comfort becomes a responsibility toward others, turning personal experience of difficulty into practical empathy and support.
Source note: 2 Corinthians 1:4 in the King James Version; the clause is excerpted before the verse repeats the source of comfort.
“To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also.”
Paul makes forgiveness reciprocal and communal, showing that restoration can require people to align their response rather than preserve separate grievances.
Source note: 2 Corinthians 2:10, King James Version; Paul continues instructions about forgiving and receiving a person who had caused sorrow.
“Ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him.”
Forgiveness here includes restoration: after discipline has done its work, the community is told not to leave the person crushed by sorrow.
Source note: 2 Corinthians 2:7 in the King James Version; excerpt from Paul’s instruction about receiving and comforting a repentant member.
“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.”
Pressure is acknowledged without allowing pressure to become the whole story; difficulty and endurance are held together.
Source note: 2 Corinthians 4:8 in the King James Version; opening contrast in a sequence about affliction and endurance.
“God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
Courage is balanced with love and sound judgment, keeping strength from being confused with recklessness or aggression.
Source note: 2 Timothy 1:7 in the King James Version.
“Through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:”
Forgiveness is announced as the central offer of the message, framing pardon as something proclaimed and received rather than concealed behind moral achievement.
Source note: Acts 13:38, King James Version; Paul’s speech at Antioch presents forgiveness as part of the message he is declaring to his listeners.
“And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth.”
Human difference is placed inside a shared human origin, supporting a broad view of common dignity and belonging.
Source note: Acts 17:26 in the King James Version; opening clause.
“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: Colossians 3:12 in the King James Version.
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another.”
The instruction places forgiveness beside forbearance: relationships often require both pardon after wrong and patience with ordinary human friction.
Source note: Colossians 3:13 in the King James Version; excerpt from the verse.
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;”
Forgiveness is presented as an expression of grace rather than an achievement earned by the person receiving it, placing pardon inside a larger account of redemption.
Source note: Ephesians 1:7, King James Version; the verse links redemption and forgiveness with grace in the opening blessing of the letter.
“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”
The verse connects truthful speech with mutual dependence: honesty matters because people live in relationship rather than as isolated individuals.
Source note: Ephesians 4:25 in the King James Version.
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”
The verse acknowledges anger while placing boundaries on what is done with it and how long it is allowed to govern a relationship.
Source note: Ephesians 4:26 in the King James Version.
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another.”
Forgiveness is placed beside kindness and tenderheartedness, suggesting that pardon is not only the cancellation of a grievance but part of an ongoing way of treating people.
Source note: Ephesians 4:32 in the King James Version; excerpt from the verse before its comparison with divine forgiveness.
“Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.”
Strength is treated as something received and practiced for demanding circumstances, not merely a personality trait.
Source note: Ephesians 6:10 in the King James Version; opening command before the armor metaphor.
“By love serve one another.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: Galatians 5:13 in the King James Version.
“As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: Galatians 6:10 in the King James Version.
“Bear ye one another’s burdens.”
The instruction makes mutual support concrete: community is not only shared belief or affection but helping carry weight another person cannot easily carry alone.
Source note: Galatians 6:2 in the King James Version; opening command of the verse.
“Let us not be weary in well doing.”
Courage can look like continuing useful work after enthusiasm fades, especially when results are delayed rather than immediately visible.
Source note: Galatians 6:9 in the King James Version; opening clause of the verse about perseverance.
“Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
Good work can require endurance before results appear, so delayed reward is not treated as proof that effort is useless.
Source note: Galatians 6:9, King James Version.
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”
The instruction moves humility into relationships by asking people to resist rivalry and deliberately give weight to the interests and dignity of others.
Source note: Philippians 2:3 in the King James Version.
“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”
Attention to other people’s interests expands life beyond self-concern and makes cooperation and care possible.
Source note: Philippians 2:4 in the King James Version.
“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.”
The repetition turns rejoicing into a deliberate practice rather than a mood reserved only for favorable circumstances.
Source note: Philippians 4:4 in the King James Version.
“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds.”
Peace is described as guarding both thought and feeling even when circumstances are not fully explained or controlled.
Source note: Philippians 4:7 in the King James Version; excerpt before the concluding phrase.
“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
The verse describes peace as something capable of guarding both feeling and thought even when it cannot be fully reduced to a rational explanation.
Source note: Philippians 4:7 in the King James Version.
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: Romans 12:10 in the King James Version.
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.”
Affection is joined with honor: care for others includes deliberately giving them regard rather than competing for status.
Source note: Romans 12:10 in the King James Version.
“Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: Romans 12:13 in the King James Version.
“Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.”
Friendship and community require emotional presence in both directions, sharing another person’s joy as well as sorrow.
Source note: Romans 12:15 in the King James Version.
“Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath.”
The instruction interrupts retaliation by asking people not to make personal revenge their response to injury, creating room for restraint and release.
Source note: Romans 12:19, King James Version; Paul tells readers not to avenge themselves within a larger sequence about responding to enemies and evil.
“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”
The response to wrongdoing should not reproduce the same wrongdoing; goodness becomes a form of resistance rather than passivity.
Source note: Romans 12:21, King James Version.
“We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
Source note: Romans 15:1 in the King James Version.
“If God be for us, who can be against us?”
The rhetorical question is designed to reduce fear of opposition by shifting attention toward a larger source of confidence.
Source note: Romans 8:31 in the King James Version.