GCSE RS Paper 1 Quotes (Christianity + Judaism)

christianity beliefs, christianity practises, judaism beliefs, judaism practises

C: Quote about God’s lovingness + salvation

‘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 (bible)

C: Quote about why jesus died on the cross and what it did for many people

‘The grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.’ - Romans (St paul)

C: Quote about the divide between God and humans being broken when jesus died on the cross

‘The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom’ - Bible

C: Quote about jesus’s ascention into heaven

‘He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God’ - APOSTLES CREED

C: Quote about what Jesus says about heaven when he is on the cross

“Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” - Luke (Jesus)

C: Quote about how people get to heaven (through jesus)

“No one can come to the father except through me" - Jesus (john)

C: Quote about how salvation is God’s gift

‘The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.’ - Romans (st paul)

C: Quote about creation and god’s powerfullness

“god said ‘let there be light’ and then there was light'“ - genesis

C: quote about worshiping together

‘where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them’ - bible (jesus)

C: quote about humbling yourself and what it will get you - prayer

‘Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will lift you up’ - james (bible)

C: the great commission

‘go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit’ - Jesus (bible)

C: quote about easter and jesus’s resurrection

‘christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death’ - christ is risen hymn

C: the church being jesus’ body / a body x2

in the bible st paul describes the chiurch as ‘his body’ (jesus’)

if one pars suffers, every part suffers with it - st paul (bible)

C: action as just as important as belief

‘faith without works is dead’ - bible (james)

C: how christians should respond to persecution/evil

‘do not be overcome by evil, overcome evil with good’ - romans (st paul)

C: giving to charity & helping the poor

‘go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven’ - matthew (jesus)

C: golden rule

‘Treat others just as you want to be treated’ - Jesus (bible)

J: god as the creator + omnipotence

‘I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil’ - Tanakh

J: god giving the ten commandments to Moses - god as lawgiver & judge

‘God gave Moses the two tablets […] inscribed with the finger of god’ - Exodus

J: life after death & judgement after death

‘Those that sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, others to reproaches’ - Tanakh

J: life after death isn’t that important in Judaism

‘Be like servants who serve their master not for the sake of receiving a reward’ - Talmud

J: resurrection

‘The dead shall live, their bodies shall rise’ - Tanakh

J: what the messianic age will be like

‘nation shall not take up sword against nation, they shall never again know war’ - Tanakh

J: the Abrahamic covenant

‘I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you’ - Genesis

J: jewish people being chosen by god

The lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession’ - Deuteronomy

J: circumcision (brit milah) and its symbolism

‘You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you’ - Genesis

J: God saving the Jews from slavery + the importance of the covenant in this

‘It was because the lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he […] redeemed you from the land of slavery’ - Torah

J&C: justice and righteousness

‘Let justice roll on like waters, righteousness like an ever-flowing stream’ - Amos (Bible + Tanakh)

J&C: no revenge + loving others

‘You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge … but you shall love your neighbour as yourself’ - Leviticus

J&C: Commandment about not killing

‘You shall not murder’ - Ten commandments

J&C: Sanctity of life and how only god can give/take life

A season is set for everything, a time for being born and a time for dying - Ecclesiastes (St Paul)

J&C: how important & sacred humans are as they were created in God’s image

‘God created mankind in his own image’ - Genesis

J&C: free will and following the mitzvot/commandments

‘The blessing, if you obey the commandments of your God […] and the curse, if you do not’ - B+T

J: quote about the ner tamid

command the children of Israel that they […] cause the lamp to burn always - torah

J: quote forbidding idolitary

You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below - B+T

J: oneness of god & loving god

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might - shema prayer (torah)

J: quote about tefillin

Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead - shema prayer (torah)

J: commandment to observe shabbat

‘remember the sabbath day and keep it holy’ - ten commandments

J: quote about circumcision & birth ceremonies

you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you - Genesis

J: quote about how bar & bat mitzvahs orginiate back to when isaac (abraham’s son) came of age and abraham held a feast

And the child [Isaac] grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned - Genesis

J&C: quote about the importance of marrigage - men and women are brought together to follow God’s plan (spiritual unity & bond)

a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh - Genesis

J: food law about not combining meat & dairy

You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk - Torah

J: quote about the nature of rosh hashanah & the shofar (ram’s horn)

you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets - torah

J: quote about yom kippur

‘you shall be clean before the Lord’ - torah

J: quote about how a candle is kept burning in the first week after someone has died (shiva) because the candle represents the soul

A person’s soul is the candle of the Lord - torah

J: quote about passover

‘festival to God for all generations’ - Torah

C: showing love to even enemies

‘love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you’ - Jesus

J&C: god as angry/jealous + punishment

for the lord your god is a consuming fire, a jealous god - Deuteronomy

‘consuming fire’ probably refers to punishing wrongdoers in the fires of hell

god as omnipotent & powerful (/ miracles)

nothing is impossible with god - luke (bible)

C: jesus as son of god (incarnation) + trinity

when jesus was baptised, a voice from heaven said ‘you are my son’ - mark (bible)

C: resurrection + the afterlife

I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come - nicene creed

C: importance of prayer

ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find - matthew (bible)

C: jesus’ example of reconciliation

father forgive them, for they know not what they do - jesus on the cross (luke)

C: forgiveness

forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us - lord’s prayer (taught by jesus)

J: minyan and the shekinah

whenever ten are gathered for prayer, there the shekinah rests - talmud

C+J: sanctity of life & purpose for humans

before I formed you in the womb I knew you - jeremiah

J+C: commandment to have kids

be fruitful and multiply - genesis