The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (316 page)

   Transfiguration of Jesus:
Mt 17:1-8
;
Mk 9:2-8
;
Lk 9:28-36

   Virginally conceived:
Mt 1:18
,
20
,
23
;
Lk 1:26-35

   Way, the Truth, and the Life:
Jn 14:6

   Wisdom of God:
1 Cor 1:24

   Word of God:
Jn 1:1
,
14
;
14:24
;
1 Jn 1:1
;
5:7
;
Rev 19:13
See also
Authority; God; Holy Spirit; Resurrection of Jesus Christ; Second Coming; Trinity

Jews

   "All Israel" will eventually be saved:
Rom 11:1
,
11
,
15
,
25-32

   Apostolic mission initially only to the Jewish people:
Mt 10:6
,
23
;
Acts 2:36-39
;
4:8-12
;
5:31

   Jesus Christ should be proclaimed to Jew and Gentile alike:
Mt 28:19-20
;
Mk 16:15
;
Lk 24:47
;
Jn 3:16
;
Acts 1:8
;
2:36-39
;
3:12
;
4:8-12
;
5:31
;
9:15
,
19-22
;
10:34-36
,
43
;
13:23
;
Rom 1:16
;
10:1
,
12-13
:
1 Cor 1:24
;
Gal 3:28
;
Col 3:11

   Jesus' earthly mission was primarily directed to the House of Israel:
Mt 10:6
;
15:24
;
27:11
;
Acts 10:39
;
13:23-24
,
32-33

   New Covenant of Jesus Christ includes Jews who accept him as the Messiah:
Acts 4:8-12
;
Rom 11:27
;
1 Cor 12:13
;
Eph 2:13-16
;
Heb 8:8-10

   Permanence of God's covenant promises with Israel:
Rom 11:1-2
,
11-12
,
15
,
23
,
26
,
28-29

   Persecution of the Church by some of the Jewish leadership:
Mt 10:17
;
Mk 13:9
;
Jn 16:2
;
Acts 4:1-21
;
5:17-18
,
27-33
,
40
;
6:12-15
;
7:1
,
54-60
;
8:1-3
;
9:12
;
12:1-5
;
13:45
,
50
;
14:2
;
17:13
;
21:30-35
;
22:30
;
23:2-3
,
12-15
;
1 Thess 2:14-16

   Possessors of a special mission from God:
Rom 3:2
;
9:4-5

   Salvation comes from the Jewish People:
Jn 4:22
;
Acts 13:23
;
Rom 9:4-5

   Scandalized by the crucifixion of Jesus:
1 Cor 1:23

   United with Gentiles in the community of the one Church:
1 Cor 12:13
;
Gal 3:28
;
Eph 2:11-22
;
Col 3:11

   
See also
Church; Evangelization

John the Baptist

   Ascetic:
Mt 3:1
,
4
;
9:14
;
11:19
;
Mk 1:4
,
6
;
Lk 1:15
;
3:2
;
7:33

   Baptized Jesus Christ:
Mt 3:13-17
;
Mk 1:9-11
;
Lk 3:21-22
;
Jn 1:32-34

   Baptized others in Israel in preparation for the Messiah:
Mt 3:11-12
;
Mk 1:7-8
;
Lk 3:16-16
;
Jn 1:26-27

   Criticized many of the Pharisees and Sadducees:
Mt 3:7-10

   Filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb:
Lk 1:15

   Fulfilled the role of Elijah but was not Elijah:
Mt 11:14
;
Mk 9:11-13
;
Lk 1:17
;
Jn 1:21

   Greatest among the Old Covenant prophets:
Mt 11:11

   Imprisoned and martyred by Herod Antipas:
Mt 14:3-12
;
Mk 6:17-29
;
Lk 3:19-20
;
9:9

   Prophet:
Mt 14:5
;
Mk 6:15
;
11:32
;
Lk 1:76
;
7:26

   Relative of Jesus:
Lk 1:36

   Son of Zechariah and Elizabeth:
Lk 1:5-25
,
57-66

   Teaching of John:
Lk 3:3
,
7-19
;
Jn 1:20-27

Joseph

   Angelic communication with Joseph:
Mt 1:20
;
2:13
,
19

   Betrothed to Mary before the conception of Jesus:
Mt 1:18
;
Lk 1:27

   Carpenter (Greek,
tekton):
Mt 13:55

   Descendant of David:
Mt 1:20
;
Lk 1:27

   Foster-father of Jesus:
Mt 1:16
;
Lk 3:23
;
Jn 1:45
;
6:42

   Just (righteous) man:
Mt 1:19

Judgment

   After death:
Heb 9:27

   Christians to be judged by the Lord:
1 Cor 3:13-17
;
4:3-5
;
1 Cor 11:32
;
Col 3:23-24
;
2 Tim 1:18

   Jesus Christ is the Judge:
Mt 16:27
;
Jn 5:22
;
Acts 10:42
;
1 Cor 4:4
;
2 Cor 5:10
("judgment seat of Christ");
2 Tim 4:1
,
8

   Judgment by God on the basis of one's works and intentions:
Mt 7:21-23
;
16:27
;
24:45-51
;
25:34-46
;
Rom 2:16
;
1 Cor 3:8-9
,
12-15
;
Gal 6:7-9
;
Col 3:23-24
;
1 Pet 1:17
;
Rev 22:12

   Judgment of the nations:
Mt 25:31-46

   Saints will be involved with judgment of the world, including angels:
1 Cor 6:2-3

Justice

   Basis for God's judgment of the nations:
Acts 17:30-32
;
Rom 2:6-8

   Central, along with mercy and faithfulness, to doing God's will:
Mt 23:23
;
Lk 11:42

   Christians should be just and not show preference for the rich over the poor:
Jas 2:1-7
,
9

   Mercy triumphs over justice for those who have been merciful:
Mt 5:7
;
Lk 6:36
;
Jas 2:13

   Proclaimed to the nations by the Messiah:
Mt 12:1

Justification

   By faith in Christ and not works of the Law:
Rom 3:28
,
30
;
4:5
;
5:1
;
Gal 2:16
;
3:8
;
Phil 3:9
;
Tit 3:5

   By the grace through faith:
Acts 15:11
;
Rom 3:22-25
;
Eph 2:8
;
Tit 3:7

   Involving genuine obedience and love of God:
Mt 7:21
;
24:31-46
;
Rom 6:13-18
;
1 Cor 2:9
;
Jas 2:17
,
24
;
1 Jn 2:29
;
3:7

   Not by "faith alone":
Jas 2:24

   Resurrection of Jesus and justification:
Rom 4:25

   Righteousness or justification can be increased:
Rom 6:19-22
;
1 Tim 6:11
;
2 Tim 2:22
;
3:16
("training in righteousness");
4:8
;
Heb 12:11
(discipline yields the "fruit of righteousness");
1 Jn 3:7
;
Rev 22:11

   
See also
Merit; Salvation; Sanctification; Works

Law

   Jesus distinguished between the written Law of Moses, which is the Word of God, and human traditions:
Mt 15:1-9
;
Mk 7:1-13

   Jesus fulfills the Law of Moses:
Mt 5:17
;
Lk 16:16
;
24:44
;
Jn 1:45
;
5:39
;
8:17
;
10:34-36
;
15:25
;
Eph 2:15

   Justification apart from works of Law and through faith in Christ:
Rom 3:28
;
Gal 2:16
;
Phil 3:9

   Law given by God through Moses, complemented by the writings of the prophets:
Mt 5:17
;
7:12
;
Lk 2:22-27
,
39
;
16:16
;
24:44
;
Jn 1:45
;
7:19
;
Acts 13:15

   Law gives man awareness of his sin and his weakness:
Rom 5:20
;
7:9
;
2 Cor 3:6
;
Gal 3:19

   Law of Christ (love):
1 Cor 9:21
;
Gal 6:2

   Law of liberty:
Jas 1:25
;
2:12

   Law of the Spirit of life:
Rom 8:2

   Love fulfills the Law:
Rom 13:8-10
;
Gal 5:14

   Love of God and love of neighbor sums up the Law:
Mt 22:34-40
;
Mk 12:28-34
;
Lk 10:25-28

   Moral law of the commandments is necessary:
Mt 19:17
;
Mk 10:19
;
Jn 14:15
;
Rom 2:13-16
;
1 Cor 7:19

   Mosaic Law prepared the way for the order of justification by grace through faith in Christ:
Gal 3:23-25

   Natural law:
Jn 1:9
;
Rom 2:12-16

   Royal law (love):
Jas 2:8

   Weightier matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faith:
Mt 23:23

   
See also
Salvation; Works

Love

   Disciples were commanded to love each other:
Jn 13:34-35
;
15:12
,
17
;
1 Jn 3:11
,
23
;
4:21

   Disciples will keep Jesus' commandments out of love:
Jn 14:15
,
21
,
23-24
;
15:12

   Enemies should be loved:
Mt 5:44
;
Lk 6:27
;
23:34
;
Acts 7:60
;
Rom 12:14
,
17
,
20
;
13:8-10
;
1 Pet 3:9

   First great commandment is love of God:
Mt 22:37-38
;
Mk 12:30

   Fruit of the Spirit includes love:
Gal 5:22

   Fulfills the Law:
Mk 12:33
;
Rom 13:8-10
;
Gal 5:14

   God is love:
1 Jn 4:8,10

   God's love for us:
Jn 3:16
;
Rom 5:5
,
8-11
;
8:31-39
;
Eph 2:4-7

   Greatest act of love is to lay down one's life for one's friends:
Jn 15:13

   Greatest of the virtues is love:
1 Cor 13:13

   Hatred of neighbor is incompatible with love of God:
1 Jn 4:20

   Love realized in obedience to God's commandments:
Jn 14:15
;
15:10
;
1 Jn 2:5
;
5:2-3

   Necessity of love:
1 Cor 2:9
;
13:2-3
;
16:22
;
Gal 5:6
;
Jas 1:12
;
2:5
;
1 Jn 5:3

   Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ:
Rom 8:35-39

   Paul's hymn regarding love:
1 Cor 13:1-13

   Second great commandment is love of neighbor:
Mt 22:39
;
Mk 12:31
;
1 Jn 4:11
,
21

   Truth in love:
Gal 4:16
;
Eph 4:15

Lust

   Adultery in the heart:
Mt 5:28

   Abstain from lust:
1 Thess 4:5

   Earthly qualities to be "put to death":
Col 3:5

   
See also
Chastity; Sexual sin

Man

   Affected deeply by sin: Mt 7:11;
Jn 1:10-12
;
Rom 3:23
;
5:12-19
;
7:18-20
;
1 Jn 1:8

   Body and soul unity of the human person:
Mt 10:28

   Christ the perfect image of God:
Col 1:15

   Created male and female:
Mt 19:4

   Fundamental equality of all human beings:
Acts 17:26
;
Gal 3:28
;
Eph 6:9
;
Col 3:11
; Philem 16

   Image of God:
1 Cor 11:7

   New creation in Christ:
2 Cor 5:17

   Redeemed by Christ:
Rom 3:24
;
1 Cor 1:30
;
Gal 3:13-14
;
Col 1:13-14

   Redeemed man conformed to the image of Christ:
Rom 8:29
;
1 Cor 15:45-49
;
Col 3:10

   
See also
Reason; Sin; Soul

Magic
(Sorcery)

   Condemned:
Acts 13:6-11
;
19:19
;
Gal 5:20
;
Rev 21:8
;
22:15

Magisterium.
See
Apostles; Authority; Church

Marriage
(Matrimony)

   Challenges of the spiritual life for married couples:
1 Cor 7:25-28
,
32-35

   Honorable:
Heb 13:4

   Husbands are to love their wives as Christ self-sacrificially loved the Church:
Eph 5:25-33
;
Col 3:19
;
1 Pet 3:7

   Jesus' teaching on marriage and divorce:
Mt 19:5
;
Mk 10:7
;
Lk 16:18

   Marriage must be between a man and a woman:
Mt 19:4-5
;
Mk 10:6-8

   Marriage reflects the union of Christ and the Church:
Eph 5:25
,
31

   Mutuality of:
1 Cor 7:3-5
;
Eph 5:21
;
1 Pet 3:7

   No marriage in the resurrection of the dead:
Mt 22:24-30
;
Mk 12:19-25
;
Lk 20:28-36