RS GCSE quotes

Psalm 19:7 - The Law

"The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul."

Ephesians 2:8 - Grace

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith."

Genesis 1:1-3 - Creation

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light."

Matthew 16:27 - Judgement

"For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done."

Matthew 28:19 - Trinity + Nature of God

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."

Revelation 21:4 - Heaven

"He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain."

Matthew 10:28 - Hell

"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell."

Romans 8:20 - Suffering

"For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it."

1 John 2:1-2 - Atonement

"If anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins."

John 1:1-3 - Creation

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made."

John 3:16 - Salvation + Nature of God

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

John 1:14 - Creation

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us."

Matthew 27:46 - Suffering + Nature of God

"About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'

John 10:30 - Nature of God

"I and the Father are one."

Corinthians 11:3 - Nature of God

"But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God."

Genesis 3:16-19 - Creation

"To the woman he said, 'I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.'"

Romans 8:28 - Suffering

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

Ecclesiastes 9:5 - Afterlife

"For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing."

Corinthians 15:17 - Afterlife

"And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins."

Matthew 25:46 - Afterlife

"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

Matthew 13:50 - Hell

"And throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

2 Thessalonians 1:9 - Hell

"They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord."

Romans 5:8 - Atonement

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

John 11:25 - Resurrection

"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.'"

John 14:6 - Salvation

"Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"

Acts 4:12 - Salvation

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved."

Ezekiel 18:20 - Judgement

"The one who sins is the one who will die."

Genesis 2:24 - Marriage

"That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh."

Matthew 19:6 - Divorce

"So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

Luke 16:18 - Remarriage

"Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

Genesis 1:28 - Sex

"God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.'"

Exodus 20:12 - Adultery

"You shall not commit adultery."

Galatians 3:28 - Family

"There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 - Faith Schools

"These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children.”

Matthew 19:4-6 - Polygamy

"Haven’t you read, that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?"

Ephesians 5:22-23 - Gender Equality

"Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church."

Surah An-Nisa 4:34 - Gender Equality

"Men are the protectors and maintainers of women… and righteous women are devoutly obedient."

Qur’an 4:35 - Marriage

"If you fear a breach between the two, appoint an arbiter from his family and an arbiter from hers."

Matthew 5:32 - Divorce

"But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."

Genesis 1:27 - Gender Equality + Homosexuality

"So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them."

Quran 7:80-81 - Homosexuality

"Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds?"

Proverbs 22:6 - Parents

"Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it."

Quran 66:6 - Angels + Parents

"O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones."

Qur’an 2:195 - Contraception

"And do good; indeed, Allah loves the doers of good."

Qur’an 33:35 - Gender Equality

"Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women…"

Song of Songs 7 - Sex

"How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume more than any spice!"

Exodus 20:17 - Family

"You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

Luke 13:29 - Family

"People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God."

Qur’an 49:13 - Homosexuality

"O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female…"

Mark 10:9 - Marriage

"Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

Quran 2:229 - Marriage

"Divorce is twice. Then, either keep her in an acceptable manner or release her with kindness."

Mark 12:31 - Love

"The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these."

Quran 17:31 - Contraception

"And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Surely killing them is a heinous sin."

Luke 14:28 - Contraception

"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?"

Sunan Ibn Majah - Procreation as a way of sex

"Marry those who are loving and fertile, for I boast of your great numbers before the other nations on the Day of Judgment."