Scripture Verses about Apologetics

[phatcatholic]

[b]Ezek 3:17-21[/b]
[b]17 [/b]"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
[b]18 [/b]If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
[b]19 [/b]But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you will have saved your life.
[b]20 [/b]Again, if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.
[b]21 [/b]Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and you will have saved your life."

[b]Ezek 33:7-9[/b]
[b]7 [/b]"So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
[b]8 [/b]If I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
[b]9 [/b]But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

[b]Eph 6:10-17[/b]
[b]10 [/b]Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
[b]11 [/b]Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
[b]12 [/b]For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
[b]13 [/b]Therefore take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
[b]14 [/b]Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
[b]15 [/b]and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace;
[b]16 [/b]besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.
[b]17 [/b]And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

[b]Phil 1:7 [/b]It is right for me to feel thus about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.

[b]2 Thess 3:14-15[/b]
[b]14 [/b]If any one refuses to obey what we say in this letter, note that man, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
[b]15 [/b]Do not look on him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

[b]1 Tim 6:2-6[/b]
[b]2 [/b]Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brethren; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these duties.
[b]3 [/b]If any one teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching which accords with godliness,
[b]4 [/b]he is puffed up with conceit, he knows nothing; he has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions,
[b]5 [/b]and wrangling among men who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
[b]6 [/b]There is great gain in godliness with contentment

[b]2 Tim 2:23-26[/b]
[b]23 [/b]Have nothing to do with stupid, senseless controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
[b]24 [/b]And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to every one, an apt teacher, forbearing,
[b]25 [/b]correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth,
[b]26 [/b]and they may escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

[b]2 Tim 4:2-5[/b]
[b]2 [/b]preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching.
[b]3 [/b]For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings,
[b]4 [/b]and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths.
[b]5 [/b]As for you, always be steady, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry.

[b]Titus 1:9 [/b]he must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it.

[b]Titus 2:7-8[/b]
[b]7 [/b]Show yourself in all respects a model of good deeds, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity,
[b]8 [/b]and sound speech that cannot be censured, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.

[b]1 Pet 3:15-16[/b]
[b]15 [/b]but in your hearts reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence;
[b]16 [/b]and keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

Edited July 29, 2005 by phatcatholic

[phatcatholic]

anyone have any others? as they are submitted, i'll add them to the list. when we're done, we'll have a pretty cool biblical defense for what we do.

Edited July 28, 2005 by phatcatholic

[Laudate_Dominum]

you can call it:

apologia apologiae

the apologia apologiae can preface the prima pars of your summa apologiae.

just an idea.