Scripture Quotes

For the Theology Comprehensive Exams

at JDV, Pune.

Collected by
Rayan Lobo, SJ
www.rayanlobo.blogspot.in
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Genesis

Gen 1: 24: Creation of human beings in the image and likeness of God (blessing for all).

Gen : 2,7: - HP - Dependent on god

Gen 2, 4- 3, 24 - Second creation story considers Adam and eve as historical persons

The Semitic traditions are: the Jewish tradition they believe in a personal God who
establishes a covenantal relationship with human beings (gen 9: 9- 11).

The Jews too believe in a personal God who establishes a covenantal relationship with all
humans (Gen 9:9).

Gn 12:1-3: By you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

The Patriarchs built altars in Canaan (Gen 12, 7f; 13, 18; 26, 25) and offered sacrifices (Gen 22;
31, 54; 46, 1).

Gen 12, 1-3 God tells Abraham that in him all families will be blessed.

Gen 18: Three men came to visit to Abraham ... blessed them with the child etc

Gen 17, 9-10 - Relationship of Intimacy with some individuals like - Abraham Gen

Circumcision is a sign of covenant between YHWH and Abraham.

Gen 20: 7-17: Abraham intercedes for Abhimalech and his house hold. God hears his prayer and
heals him.

Gen 26:4 : Through Issac to Abhimalech ( King of Philitines) and Ishmaelites.

Gen 28:14: Through Jacob,Medianites( Laban ) and Armanians are blessed.

Gen 39: 5 : through Joseph, Egyptians are blessed.

Gen 50: 19-20: Dont be afraid. God can turn evil to good..as he has delivered numerous people
( referring to Egyptians)

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Exodus

Ex 4: 22-23a. The expressions `Israel is my first Son', `let my Son go' show for the first time
the

Father Son relationship between God and Israel.

6: 6-7 also clearly brings out the idea of God as Saviour, protector and redeemer of the people of Israel

Ex 15: 11 who is like you O Lord among the Gods?

19, 3-8 - If you obey my voice and keep my covenant you shall be my treasured possession
out of all the peoples.

In Ex 19:6 in the OT, the whole nation of Israel (due to covenant) is vested with the priestly
powers (due to mission).

Exodus 23 and Proverbs 13, it is said that it is an abomination to justify a guilty person

. Ex 24 - Jews a unique mission to bring the Rn of this one living God to the whole of
humankind The Torah

Ex 24 - In the OT covenant was sealed or made with the blood of animal

The priesthood is chosen and consecrated by God himself for his service (Ex 32: 25-29 Sons
of Levi

Ark of the covenant(Ex 25/22)

The priesthood is chosen and consecrated by God himself for his service (Ex 32: 25-29 Sons of
Levi

Jeremiah 2,23 - Moses ( Ex 33/11)

Washing rite of priests( Ex 40/12-15)(Consecration of Aaron and his sons as priests)

Confirmation reveals Jesus as the one who receives

Presence of YHWH in the tent(Ex 40,34-38)

Dueteronomy
Deut 7:3 - The election of Israel made by YHWH is an act o f love and not because of the
greatness of Israel.
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Dt 7,6 - The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples of the earth to be his people
his treasured possession.

Deut 10,19 says You shall also love the stranger for you were a stranger in the land of
Egypt.
Deut 20: the enemies who are outside promise land-kill only the male and the enemies who are
inside promise land-kill everyone

Duet 21: 23 - The one who dies on the wood is cursed.

Leviticus

Lev 26,11-12 and Ezek 37,27 and thereby joining the presence and the spirit.

Numbers

Num 27:21 - Consulting Oracles through the Urim and Thummim to determine Gods
will on particular issues

Samuel

The king performs several priestly functions (2 Sam 6:14): he offers sacrifice and blesses the
people. (See Ps 110 )

2 Sam 7:14_ I will build a house for you. Your son shall reign forever.

Kings

Temple(1kgs 8,29)

Psalm
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Ps 110 - The king performs several priestly functions (2 Sam 6:14): he offers
sacrifice and blesses the people.

Proverbs
Proverbs 13, it is said that it is an abomination to justify a guilty person

Issiah

Is 28/16) : - It was part of Jewish eschatology that a mighty temple will be built

Metaphor (shepherd/ king) taken from the context of Israel, who depicted Yahweh as their sole
shepherd (Is 40:11/ Jere 3:1-4/ Ez 34:1-11).

Is 44/6: I am the first and I am the last. And there is no other god but me.

(Is 45/21)The righteous God demands strict justice from his people

Is 45/22: I am god. There is no other god.

Is 49, 1-6 : How he was chosen as a light to the nations.(.... I will give you as a light of the
nations.... to bring the good news to the ends of the earth.)

(Is 61,1) - Hovers over those who are cchosen by god

Is 64: 8 We are the clay, you are the potter.

Jeremiah

Jer 1: 5 before I formed you I chose you as a prophet to the nations.

Jer 18: 1-2 : hereafter each one will be punished for his own sin.-So far they believed in collective
responsibility.

(Jer 31/29; Ez 18:1-2) - In the pre-exilic time the understanding was collective and National
responsibility

Jer 31/30 stresses individual responsibility

Jer 31,34 -I will remember their inequities no more.

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Ezekial

God is not confined to any geographical place(temple-place) (Ez 1-3 glory of God)

Lev 26,11-12 and Ezek 37,27 and thereby joining the presence and the spirit.

Amos

Amos1-2 OAF - Arranged according to the theme/subject

Amos 3,1.2 - Brought you out of Egypt.you only have I known of all the families of the
earth.

In Amos (1-2) God punishes other nations. Whose is he to punish other gods? Who is he to punish
other nations?

Amos 7: 15, Is 1:3 -- He is a Covenantal God. He entered into a covenantal relation with Israelite
and called them my people

Amos 9:7- Expanded by the Redactor (Hope-doxologies-promise of God)

Amos 9.13 we see the superscription of Hope, doxology hurried ending.

Habakuk
The Righteous shall live by faith (Habakkuk 2:4)
Malachi
Mal 2:10 have we not all one father?

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Matthew

Mt 5-7, Sermon on the Mount

Mt 10 Mission

Mt 13 Parables

Mt 18 Community Discourse

Mt 24-27 - Eschatological Discourse.

Mt 1, 16: Genealogy : The focus is the Christological and the Messianic motherhood
of Mary and reference to virginal conception of Jesus in 1,18 and 20 through the HS.

Mt 3/11-12 - Baptism of John the Baptist

Mt 3, 13-17: Baptism (Father reveals, Son revealed, Spirit empowers

Mt. 7:21 tell us that not everyone who confesses the Lordship of Jesus will

receive

salvation but those who do the will of the Father.

Mk 8:37 9:1 || MT& Lk Jesus fortells his death.

Mk 11: 27 -33 || Mt: 21. 23-27 and Lk 20: 1-8 Jesus authority quesstionned in
Jerusalem

Mt 26, 28 - the blood is poured out as an expiation for the forgiveness of sins

Mt 26, 26 29 : Take eat this is my body.

Mt 26, 26 29: this is the blood of my covenant, which is poured out for many for the
forgiveness of sins.

Mt 28, 18f: Mission command, baptise in the name of the Father

Mark

Baptism of Jesus Christ (Mk 1/10-11)

Mk 1, 14 Time is fulfilled - KOG is near repent and believe in the good news.
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Mk 1, 15 Repent and Believe is a call to Metanoea.

Mk 10,45 - Church become the sacrament of the kingdom through - Diakonia(Service)

Mk 10,45 - Charismatic and Service- Patrine ministry.

Mk 14, 22 -25 : Take this is my body.

Mk 14, 22 -25: this is the blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

Mk 14,36 Jesus calls God as Abba.

Abba Father, all things are possible to thee, remove this cup from me; yet not what I will but what
thou wilt".

Mk 16, 16: The one who believes and is baptized will be saved; but the one who does not believe
will be condemned.

Luke
Lk 1, 35 : the spirit overshadowed Mary. Therefore child to be born will be holy; he will
be called the son of God.

Lk 1,35 the spirit will come upon you(Over hadowing of Jesus). - Over shadowing
of the spirit.

Lk 1,35 Birth of Jesus foretold to Mary by the angel : The Holy Spirit will come upon
you and power of the most high will overshadow you.

Lk 1, 26-38:

In Annunciation focus is on the Christological and Messianic

motherhood of Mary.

Lk 1, 28-30 is used today in the context of Eph 1, 3-10

Lk 3,21 Jesus was anointed by the spirit

Lk 3,22 : The Baptism of Jesus: The HS descended upon him in bodily form like a dove.

Lk 4, 1 : Temptation of Jesus Jesus full of the HS returned from Jordan and was led by
the spirit.

Lk 4,14 : The beginning of the Galillean ministry Thus Jesus, filled with the power of
the HS

Lk 4,14: The spirit who is the shaper of the public ministry of Jesus.

Lk 4: 16 -21

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To proclaim good new to the poor

freedom to the captives

sight to the blind

proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord = Sabbatical year = Jubilee year

Sabbath is a day of rest for animals and land.)

Lk 4:17 we see Jesus as the fulfillment of the prophecy

Lk 4, 16-19 Mission manifesto of Jesus

Lk 4, 16 good new to the poor, sight to the blind, liberation to the captives

Lk 22, 20 New covenant is in my blood( 1 Cor 11, 25)

Lk 22, 14 -20 : This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

Lk 22, 14 -20: this cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

John

John 1:1 We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we
have seen with our eyes and what we have looked at and touched with our hands
concerning the word of life

Jn 1:1-18 says no one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son who has made him
known. Therefore this text clearly shows the Trinity understanding of God as revealed by
Jesus.

Jn 1,14 : In Jesus Christ, the word became flesh.

Jn 1, 32-33 - Jesus is the permanent abode of the Spirit

Jn 14:9 Jesus tells Philippians Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.

To be our model of holiness (Jn 15, 12)

John: Presents Mary from Ecclesiological perspective. Eg : In Cana Mary is presented

the perfect disciple as a woman of faith.

John 17:19 Structure of priestly prayer, Yom Kippur- high Priest invokes name of God,
prayed for himself, for the priests and for all people.

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Jn 19, 26 -27 : Mary is not shown as comforter but the Messianic motherhood is stressed.

It is Pastoral (Jn 21,15-17; Lg 25) Petrine Ministry

Petrine Ministry - The origin and growth of the church are symbolized in the blood and
water that flowed from the side of Jesus on the cross(Jn 19,34)

Acts

Acts 1,14 : Mary is presented at the birth of Christ Christocentric and the birth of the
church Ecclesio-centric.

Acts 2,2 = sound like the ruah = a violent wind.

Acts 4,12: - Jesus is the (unique) only mediator and saviour of humankind

Acts 4, 12: There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven
given among mortals by which we must be saved.

Act 8/ 14-17 where the divine spirit is given through the laying of hands ( Peter and
John) on the people of Samaria.

Romans

Rom 1:20: Natural revelation

The salvific effects of thee saving events are appropriated through faith in Jesus Christ (Rom
1:16-17)

Rom 1:16-17 --The salvific effects of thee saving events are appropriated through faith in Jesus
Christ

Rom 3, 24-27: They are now justified by his grace as a gift through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus; whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through
faith. He did this to show his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed
over the sins previously committed.

Rom 3: 24b -25 - Redemption(Ransom):

Redemption(Ransom): ( Rom 3: 24b -25)

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Rom 5,12 is in him all have sinned. It should be because of him all have sinned.

Principle of Love(Rom 5,6)

Syn Christo = Rom 6,6

Rom 6,1-11 : Dying and rising with Christ with Baptism and getting newness of life.

Rom 6, 3-11 where Paul says that,-A Christian is buried with Christ -And is raised with him

Rom 8,17 : If children then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ if in fact we suffer
with him then we might also be glorified with him.

Principle of Prayer (Rom 8,26)

He says that the spirit dwells in us(Rom8,9,11)

Spirit is the principle of Christians eventual resurrection(Rom 8,11)

Principle of Prayer (Rom 8,26)

He says that the spirit dwells in us(Rom8,9,11)

Rom 8, 15-16 : You have received a spirit of adoption, not a spirit of slavery.

(Rom 11,6). - it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be
grace .

Rom 13:8-10; And the touch-stone of authentic Christian life is Agape

Principle of Hope(Rom 15,23)

Rom 16:26 talks about the obedience of faith.. the answer is we respond through the
obedience of faith.

Corinthians

Widom of god ( I Cor 1, 23),

1 Cor 15: 3-8 last of all as to one untimely born, appeared also to me.

1 Cor 15 / 3-5: core of Christian kerygma, also the Gospel that received and handed on to
future generations.

1 Cor5,5 Sarx = sinful nature of humanity

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1 Cor 15 / 3-5: core of Christian kerygma, also the Gospel that received and handed on to
future generations.

the touch-stone of authentic Christian life is Agape (Rom 13:8-10; 1 Cor 13:13)

1Cor 3,16 : Do you not know that you are gods temple and that Gods spirit dwells in
you?

1 Cor 11, 23 -26: This is my body that is for you, do this in remembrance of me.

1 Cor 11, 23 -26 : This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this in remembrance of

1 Cor 12/ 4-11 : Gifts of the spirit are given to an - individual or group for building up
of the body of Christ. - There are varieties of gifts which are complementary. - All
meant for the building up of the Church. - Receiving Charisms (Confirmation)
Anointing (Consecration) - Laying of Hands

Eis Christon = 1 Cor 12,13

Spirit is the Principle of faith( 1 Cor 12,3)

2 Cor 5, 17 If anyone is in Christ, there is new creation. Everything old has pass
away; see everything has become new. - If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation.
Everything old has passed away, see everything has become new. -- We become a new
creation in Christ and Christ lives in us.

2 Cor 5: 18-21-Reconciliation

2 Cor 6, 16b : For we are the temple of the living God

2 Cor 13, 13: Mass greeting; grace of Christ, love of God, fellowship of the Spirit: 3 aspects
of

Christian life.

Galatians

Gal 1,15 is the key text to understand his mission

before I was formed in the womb, God had set me apart to send me to proclaim to the
gentiles.(Gal 1:15)

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Gal 1:16 - Paul is not an apostle by human beings but untimely from God through Jesus Christ
commissioned to present the gospel to the gentiles

Gal 2, 20: There is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me.

Gal 4, 4-6: God sends Son, Spirit; their twofold mission in the Church

Gal 5, 13: - We are called to be slaves, slaves to one another. before and into god. Its a self
realization in the direction of God or radical self refusal towards God.

Principle of right conduct( Gal 5, 16-25)

Gal. 5: 16ff --Therefore, as much as we live in the Spirit, we will be moving away from the
sphere of flesh into the sphere of the Spirit.

Gal. 5:22 ff --To the extent we move from flesh to the spirit, we will have the fruit of the Spirit
joy, sympathy, understanding, forgiveness and so on.

Ephesians

Eph 1,19: It pleaed God , in his goodness and wisdom to reveal the mystery of his will
through Jesus Christ.

Eph 2, 8-10: By grace you have been saved through faith and it is not your own doing but
its the gift of God.

A gratuitous gift of God means without any condition we dont merit it as Eph 2, 8-10
says

Eph 2:18 which says, For through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father

Eph 4, 4-6: above all (Father), through all (Son), in all (Spirit).

Philipians

Phil 1,21 : For me living is Christ and dying is gain.

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Timothy 1,2

(1 Tim 6:16). - Human beings are a bundle of possibilities seeking "the Beyond"- God,
though no one has ever seen God ...

1 tim 2, 4 : God wills the salvation of all.

1 Tim 2, 5: There is one God; there is also one mediator between God and mankind,
Christ Jesus, himself human

2 Tim 3, 16-17: all scripture is inspired by God; and is useful for teaching, for reproof
for correction, and for training in righteousness.

Letter to Hebrews

The Scripture says the living God has been disclose of us in varied times and nowhere more
fully than in Jesus Christ (Heb 1: 1ff).

Heb 1:1-2 - Supernatural revelation

Heb 5, 1-4- He is the mediator between God and humankind. He offers sacrifice for the sins
of humans he is appointed by God to this office. By a line of reasoning using the figure of
Melchizedek
Heb 9/ 12 : he entered once and for all to the holy place, not with the blood of goats and calves
but with his own blood thus obtaining eternal redemption.
Heb 9, 25 26 :

Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the High Priest enters year after year with
the blood that is not his own, for then he would have to suffer again and again, since the
foundation of the world. But as it is he has appeared once and for all at the end of the age
to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.

(Heb 13:15) As baptized Christians we share in one priesthood of Jesus Christ which also means
the triple function of priesthood (LG 34-36).

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1 John

To save us by reconciling us with God (1 Jn 4, 10; 4, 14; 3, 5)

So that me might know Gods love (1 Jn 4, 9; Jn 3, 16)

Peters Letters

1 Pet 2: 9 says, You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, Gods
own people

1 Pet 3/18 - spirit is the power behind the resurrection

Priesthood of the faithful is explicitly stated in the first epistle of Peter and in
Revelation. They attribute to Christian people the royal priesthood of Israel (1 Pet 2:
5&9;

To make us partners of the divine nature (2 Pet 1, 4)

2 Pet 1, 19-21 so prophecy and scripture is a matter of ones own interpretation .

Because no prophecy ever came by human will, but MEN AND WOMEN MOVED BY
THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE FROM GOD.

2 Pet 3, 15-16 this refers to the Pauline corpus as being on par with the Jewish scriptures.

Revelations

Rev 1: 6/ 5: 10/ 20: 6; see Ex 19: 6 you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy
nation).

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