Apologetics Bible

Bible verse cheat sheet

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Church

Papacy

  • Mt 16:18 – Jesus give authority to Peter (upon this rock I’ll build my church)
  • Mt 16:19 – Jesus gave Peter the power to bind & loose
  • Is 22:22 – David receive key of kingdom (he shall open none shall shut) → refers to Peter
  • Mt 23:2 – the chair of Moses gave authority to Scribes & Pharisees to interpret the Law & over the Jewish people

Sacred Tradition

  • Jn 21:25 – not everything is in the Bible (can’t contain all Jesus’ works)
  • Acts 2:42 – apostolic tradition & early Mass celebration

Priesthood

  • Mt 23:9 – call no man “father” on earth because God is the Father
  • Acts 7:2 – Stephen refers to “our father Abraham”
  • Rm 9:10 – Paul speaks of “our father Isaac”
  • Lk 22:19 – DO this in remembrance of me (‘do’ in Greek is ‘poieo’, meaning ‘offer’ like offering a sacrifice) as reference to Leviticus 9:7 (priestly function)
  • Jn 13:5 – Jesus wash the feet of the Apostles as reference to Exodus 40:31 where Moses & Aaron wash feet to ordain priests

Rosary

  • Mt 6:7 – do not babble in prayer like the pagans (means that we shouldn’t pray hypocritically to show off others about our devotion to God)
  • Luke 1:28 – Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you
  • Luke 1:42 – Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb

Mary

Mother of God

  • Lk 1:43 – Elizabeth calls her “mother of my Lord” = God
  • Gal 4:4 – God sent his Son, born of a woman
  • Lk 1:35 – Jesus will be call holy, the Son of God

Perpetual Virginity

  • Mt 1:18 – Mary is pregnant from the Holy Spirit
  • Ps 89:28 – David is called firstborn, king of the earth (Jesus is the New David)
  • Col 1:15 – Jesus is called firstborn of all creation, as a refutation to Mt 1:25
  • Jn 19:26 – Jesus entrust his disciple to Mary
  • Acts 21:7 – people call themselves as “brothers”, as a refutation to Mt 13:55
  • Gen 11:27 – Lot was Abraham’s nephew, as a refutation to Gen 14:14 (kinsman is Lot)
  • Mt 1:23 – a virgin shall give birth to Emmanuel
  • Mk 6:3 – Jesus was called “son of Mary”, not “son of Joseph” as we expected in a Jewish culture
  • The “brothers” of Jesus was never called “sons of Mary”
  • Mt 27:60 – the tomb was ‘virgin’ -> it represents the womb of Mary, Jesus will be ‘born a 2nd time’

Immaculate Conception(born without sin)

  • Lk 1:28 – angel Gabriel calls Mary “full of grace” : you can’t have sin if you’re full of grace
  • Eve had sin; therefore the New Eve to invert the process need to be sinless to bring salvation
  • 2 Sam 6:6-7 – Uzzah die by touching the pure Ark of Covenant (Mary is the New Ark of Covenant)
  • God wants to rebuild humanity; there must be a starting point of sinlessness like the original Adam & Eve
  • No biblical or historical evidence Mary committed a sin

Ascension in Heaven

  • No evidence of her body on earth (no church claims to have her tomb like the Apostles)
  • Transmitted by Sacred Tradition (truths contain outside of the Bible)
  • Apostle’s Creed affirms the belief in the resurrection of the body
  • 2 Kings 2:11 – Elijah went in Heaven in whirlwind (possible to get directly into Heaven)
  • She was sinless; no need to go through purgatory; she went directly into Heaven

Jesus

Nativity

  • …

Last Supper

  • 1 Cor 11:23-25

Passion

  • …

Crucifixion

  • 1 Cor 1:23
  • 1 Cor 2:2
  • 2 Cor 13:4
  • Rom 4:25
  • 1 Cor 15:3
  • 2 Cor 4:10
  • Rom 1:4
  • Col 1:22
  • Gal 1:1
  • Phil 2:8

Empty tomb

  • …

Resurrection appearance

  • 1 Cor 15:5 – seen by Peter, then to the 11
  • 1 Cor 15:6 – seen by 500 people
  • 1 Cor 15:7 – seen by James, then the 12
  • 1 Cor 15:8 – seen by Paul
  • Acts 9:4 – seen by Paul (Jesus asking why persecuting the Church)

God

Divinity of Jesus

  • John 1:1 – the Word was God
  • John 1:18 – Jesus who is God reveal the Father
  • John 10:30 – Jesus and God the Father are one
  • Col 1:15 – Jesus is the image of the invisible God
  • John 5:18 – Jesus claim equal with God
  • John 8:58 – before Abraham was, I AM (refers to Ex 3:14)
  • John 8:24 – people will die from sin; unless go through Jesus
  • John 20:28 – Thomas call Jesus “Lord and God”
  • Col 2:9 – claims that God took flesh in Him
  • Mk 14:61-62 – Jesus claim to be the Messiah & Son of God
  • Rev 1:8 – Jesus is the Almighty
  • Rev 22:13 – Jesus is Alpha + Omega, First + Last, beginning + end (refers to Rev 1:17)
  • Mk 1:34 – heal illness + cast out demons in His name

Trinity

  • Mt 28:19 – baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
  • 2 Cor 13:13 – grace of Jesus, love of God, fellowship of the Holy Spirit
  • 1 Peter 1:2 – foreknowledge of the Father, sanctification by the Holy Spirit, sprinkling with the blood of Jesus
  • John 14:26 – the Holy Spirit will be send by God the Father in Jesus’ name
  • 1 John 4:8 – God is love : there must be a lover, a beloved, and the relationship between both
  • Gen 1:26 – let US make human beings in OUR image
  • Mt 3:16 – Jesus is baptized, the Holy Spirit comes like a dove, God the Father speaks
  • 1 Peter 1:2 – foreknowledge of God the Father, the sanctification of the Spirit, obedience to Jesus Christ
  • 2 Cor 3:17 – the Holy Spirit is Lord

God’s existence

  • Rom 1:20 – creation of material world points back to the Creator
  • 2 Peter 1:20 – Bible is all divine revelation, not human interpretations
  • Ecc 3:11 – God has planted a seed in our heart to seek Him
  • Gen 1:27 – God created humankind in His image
  • Heb 11:6 – faith is necessary to encounter God

God’s essence and nature

  • 1 John 4:8 – God is love; complete with 1 Co 13:4-8 (replace love by God)
  • Psalm 90:2 – God is eternal
  • Heb 13:8 – God doesn’t change
  • John 4:24 – God is spirit
  • Mt 5:48 – God is perfect
  • 1 John 1:5 – God is light
  • 1 Peter 1:15 – God is holy
  • Gal 3:20 – God is one
  • Luke 1:35 – the Holy Spirit comes, the power of God the Father will overshadow, Jesus will be born

Sacrament

Eucharist

  • Gen 2:24 – Jesus leave God the Father & Mary; become 1 flesh with the Church
  • Ex 12:8 – Passover lamb has to be eaten (part of ritual to save people)
  • John 6:35 – Jesus is the bread of life came down from Heaven
  • John 1:29 – Jesus is called “Lamb of God”
  • 1 Cor 11:23 – receive unworthy = guilty of his body & blood
  • Rev 19:7 – wedding feast of the Lamb
  • Eph 5:25 – Church is the bride of Christ
  • John 14:6 – no one comes to the Father except through Me
  • Ezekiel 3:3 – Ezekiel eat a scroll that taste like honey
  • Ex 16:4 – manna raining down from heaven

Confession

  • Jn 20:21 – Jesus give authority to Apostles to forgive in his name
  • Jn 20:23 – whose sins you forgive are forgiven / retain are retained
  • 1 Jn 5:16 – there’s sins that aren’t deadly (venial sins)
  • Mt 12:31 – every sin can be forgiven except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit

Baptism

  • John 3:3 – Nicodemus learn about being born again from Jesus
  • Ex 14:21 – people of Moses goes through water
  • 1 Cor 10:2 – people of Moses were “baptized” by water and cloud
  • 1 Peter 3:20-21 – the Flood of Noah prefigured baptism
  • Acts 2:38 – Peter baptize people INCLUDING children
  • Gen 1:2 – the Spirit sweep over the waters (sign of a new creation)

Marriage

  • Gen 2:24 – man and woman will become 1 flesh
  • Mt 19:4-6 – Jesus talks about original creation of male and female
  • Eph 5:25 – Christ (husband) & the Church (wife)
  • Rev 19:7 – wedding feast of the Lamb

Confirmation

  • Acts 8:17 – lay of hands to receive the Holy Spirit
  • Acts 9:17 – Ananias lay hands on Saul to receive the Holy Spirit
  • Acts 19:6 – Paul lay hand and the Holy Spirit made them speak in tongues and prophesied
  • 1 Sam 16:13 – Samuel anointed David, he received the Holy Spirit

Anointing of the sick

  • James 5:15 – prayer for sick can make the person well

Ordination

  • 1 Tim 3:8-13 – deacons (diakonoi)
  • Titus 1:5-6 – priests (presbyteroi)
  • 1 Tim 3:1-7 – bishops (episkopoi)
  • Mt 16:18 – Pope (represent the High Priest Aaron on the Old Covenant)

Statues

  • Ex 20:4 – don’t make any graven image or worship them (for the sake of idolatry only)
  • Ex 25:18 – make 2 cherubim of beaten gold (Ark of Covenant)

Relics

  • 2 Kgs 13:20 – contact with Elisha’s bone restored life
  • Acts 5:15 – healing by Peter’s shadow
  • Acts 19:11 – healing by face clothes that touched Paul

Salvation

Faith & work

  • James 2:17 – faith without work is dead
  • James 2:24 – justified by work and not by faith alone
  • Gal 5:6 – faith working through love
  • Rev 20:12 – judge according to works
  • Mt 24:13 – perseverance until the end will be saved (possibility to lose it)

Purgatory

  • 1 Cor 3:15 – work lost but saved through fire
  • Mt 5:26, Lk 12:59 – we will not be released until we have paid the last penny
  • 2 Mac 12:39-42 – Judas pray for dead & ancestors (praying for souls in Heaven & Hell is useless)
  • Rev 21:27 – nothing unclean will enter Heaven

Hell

  • Is 33:11-12 – who of us can live with the everlasting flames
  • Mt 25:41 – depart, you accursed, into the eternal fire
  • Mt 25:46 – these will go off to eternal punishment
  • 2 Thess 1:6-9 – these will pay the penalty of eternal ruin
  • Mk 9:47-48 – Gehenna (hell) is a place where fire doesn’t stop burning
  • Jude 1:7 – punishment of eternal fire
  • Mt 5:29
  • Mt 10:28
  • Mt 23:15,33
  • Mt 5:22
  • Mt 18:9
  • Mk 9:46
  • Mt 3:12
  • Mk 9:42
  • Mt 13:42,50
  • Mt 25:46
  • Mt 8:12; 22:13; 25:30
  • Rom 2:6-9
  • Heb 10:26-31
  • Rev 21:8

Suffering

  • Mt 5:3-12 – 8 Beatitudes
  • Rom 5:3 – suffering produces endurance
  • Rom 8:18 – suffering on earth is nothing compare to Heaven’s glory
  • Rev 21:4 – God wipes all tears
  • Mt 16:25 – whoever loses his life for Christ will live
  • Ecc 3:1 – there’s a time for everything