Weekly THIS AND THAT for December 2, 2007: Scripture Passages for a College Pilgrim

This and That:
Scripture Passages For a College Pilgrim

Dear Family,

I prepared the following scripture quotes around items given me by one of our parishioners who is away at college and wanted some scriptural guidance. I thought you might find them helpful.

Fondly,
Father Nick Amato


ON GOOD HEALTH

Gospel of Matthew
• 9:12 who are in good health do not need a doctor
• 9:22 your faith has restored you to health
• 14:36 as touched it were fully restored to health

Gospel of Luke
• 7:10 house, they found the servant in perfect health
• 15:27 calf because he has him back in good health

Gospel of John
• 4:47 him to come down and restore health to his son
• 5:13 been restored to health had no idea who it was

Epistle of James
• 5:15 is ill, and the Lord will restore him to health


ON KNOWLEDGE/INTELLECT/MEMORY

Gospel of Matthew
• 13:11 a knowledge of the mysteries of the reign of God

Gospel of Luke
• 1:77 knowledge of salvation in freedom from their sins

Letter to the Romans
• 1:21 They certainly had knowledge of God
• 11:33 the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God
• 15:14 with goodness, that you have complete knowledge

First Letter to the Corinthians
• 1:5 endowed with every gift of speech and knowledge
• 8:1 But whereas knowledge inflates, love upbuilds
• 8:7 Not all, of course, possess this knowledge.
• 12:8 to another the power to express knowledge
• 13:2 the gift of prophecy and, with full knowledge
• 13:9 Our knowledge is imperfect and our prophesying is
• 13:12 My knowledge is imperfect now;

Letter to the Ephesians
• 3:19 this love which surpasses all knowledge
• 4:13 one in faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son

Letter to the Philippians
• 3:8 the surpassing knowledge of my Lord Jesus Christ

Letter to the Colossians
• 1:9 asking that you may attain full knowledge of his will
• 1:10 of every sort and grow in the knowledge of God
• 2:2 by their knowledge of the mystery of God
• 2:3 every treasure of wisdom and knowledge is hidden
• 3:10 one who grows in knowledge as he is formed anew in

2nd Letter to Timothy
• 3:7 but never able to reach a knowledge of the truth

2nd Letter to Peter
• 1:2 through your knowledge of God and of Jesus
• 1:3 through knowledge of him who called us by his own
• 1:8 fruit in true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ
• 3:18 the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

1st Letter to John
• 2:3 our knowledge of him is to keep his commandments
• 4:7 loves is begotten of God and has knowledge of God


ON SAFTEY
Psalms
• 12:6 I will grant safety to him who longs for it.
• 31:1 rock of refuge, a stronghold to give me safety.
• 62:8 With God is my safety and my glory,
• 71:3 rock of refuge, a stronghold to give me safety


ON COURAGE
Psalms
• 3:4 your rod and your staff that give me courage
• 27:14 Wait for the Lord with courage
• 31:25 Take courage and be stouthearted
• 118:14 My strength and my courage is the Lord

Gospel of Matthew
• 8:26 Where is your courage?
• 9:2 faith he said to the paralytic, “have courage…”
• 9:22 turned around and saw her and said, courage

Gospel of John
• 16:33 But take courage! I have overcome the world

Acts of the Apostles
• 23:11 Keep up your courage
• 27:22 I urge you now to keep up your courage
• 27:25 So keep up your courage, men
• 27:36 This gave them new courage
• 28:15 saw them, he thanked God and took fresh courage

Letter to the Romans
• 5:7 a good man someone may have the courage to die

Letter to the Ephesians
• 6:20 I may have courage to proclaim it as I ought

Letter to the Philippians
• 1:14 in Christ, taking courage from my chains
• 1 Thessalonians
• 2:2 we drew courage from our God to preach his good


ON LUCK
Book of Genesis
• 30:11 Leah then said, “What good luck!”

Letter to James
• 2:16 and you say to them, “Good-bye and good luck!”


ON SELF-CONFIDENCE

Acts of the Apostles
• 4:31 and continued to speak God’s word with confidence
• 312 Our hope being such, we speak with full confidence
• Philippians
• 1:20 I have full confidence that now as always Christ
• Hebrews
• 3:6 to our confidence and the hope ofwhich we boast
• 10:22 near in utter sincerity and absolute confidence
• 13:6 Thus we may say with confidence
• 1 John
• 4:17 we should have confidence on the day of judgment
• 5:14 We have this confidence in God