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It is a concept that underscores the importance of prioritizing spiritual matters over worldly concerns. Biblical References: 1. <a href="/luke/10-41.htm">Luke 10:41-42</a> : In the account of Mary and Martha, Jesus addresses Martha's anxiety and distraction with many tasks, saying, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things. But only one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her." Here, "needful" refers to the necessity of focusing on spiritual nourishment and the teachings of Jesus, as exemplified by Mary sitting at His feet. 2. <a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Philippians 4:19</a> : The Apostle Paul writes, "And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus." While the term "needful" is not directly used, the verse emphasizes God's provision for what is truly necessary for believers, aligning with the concept of needfulness in spiritual and material aspects. 3. <a href="/2_peter/1-3.htm">2 Peter 1:3</a> : "His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence." This passage highlights that through divine power, believers are equipped with all that is needful for living a godly life, emphasizing the sufficiency of God's provision. Theological Implications: The concept of what is "needful" often challenges believers to discern between temporal desires and eternal necessities. It calls for a focus on spiritual priorities, encouraging Christians to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness (<a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a>). This perspective aligns with the teachings of Jesus, who often pointed to the importance of spiritual over material wealth. Practical Application: In practical terms, understanding what is needful involves a commitment to prayer, study of the Scriptures, and a life of obedience to God's commands. It requires believers to evaluate their lives and priorities, ensuring that their focus remains on what is eternally significant. This may involve making difficult choices, such as setting aside time for worship and fellowship, even when worldly demands seem pressing. Historical Context: Throughout church history, the concept of needfulness has been a guiding principle for many Christian communities and individuals. Monastic movements, for example, often emphasized simplicity and the renunciation of worldly possessions to focus on what is truly needful for spiritual growth. Similarly, reformers and revivalists have called the church back to a focus on the essentials of faith and practice. Conclusion: The biblical understanding of what is needful serves as a reminder of the sufficiency of Christ and the importance of prioritizing spiritual matters. It challenges believers to live with an eternal perspective, trusting in God's provision for all that is necessary for life and godliness.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (a.) Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.2. (a.) Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1189b.htm">1189b. deon -- that which is needful</a> ... 1189a, 1189b. deon. 1190 . that which is needful. Transliteration: deon Short Definition: necessary. Word Origin a form of deo Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1189b.htm - 5k<a href="/greek/2006.htm">2006. epitedeios -- convenient, necessary</a> ... things which are needful. From epitedes (enough); serviceable, ie (by implication) requisite -- things which are needful. (epitedeia) -- 1 Occurrence. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2006.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/316.htm">316. anagkaios -- necessary</a> ... necessary, needful. From anagke; necessary; by implication, close (of kin) -- near, necessary, necessity, needful. see GREEK anagke. (anankaia) -- 1 Occurrence. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/316.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1163.htm">1163. dei -- it is necessary</a> ... 4), needed (1), ought (17), ought to (1), should (9). needful, ought, should. 3d person singular active present of deo; also deon ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1163.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1967.htm">1967. epiousios -- for the coming day, for subsistence</a> ... the same as epiousa; tomorrow's; but more probably from epi and a derivative of the present participle feminine of eimi; for subsistence, ie Needful -- daily. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1967.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/318.htm">318. anagke -- necessity</a> ... ana and the base of agkale; constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress -- distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/318.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2819.htm">2819. chashchuwth -- things needed</a> ... 2818, 2819. chashchuwth. 2819a . things needed. Transliteration: chashchuwth Phonetic Spelling: (khash-khooth') Short Definition: needful. be needful ... /hebrew/2819.htm - 5k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/one_thing_is_needful.htm">One Thing is Needful;</a> ... ONE THING IS NEEDFUL; or, SERIOUS MEDITATIONS UPON THE FOUR LAST THINGS: DEATH, JUDGMENT, HEAVEN, AND HELL. ... GEO. OFFOR. ONE THING IS NEEDFUL,. OR. ... /.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/one thing is needful.htm<a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_17_1871/the_one_thing_needful.htm">The one Thing Needful</a> ... The One Thing Needful. A Sermon (No.1015). ... CH SPURGEON,. At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "But one thing is needful.""Luke 10:42. ... /.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/the one thing needful.htm<a href="/library/julian/revelations_of_divine_love/chapter_xlvi_it_is_needful.htm">"It is Needful to See and to Know that we are Sinners: Wherefore ...</a> ... ANENT CERTAIN POINTS IN THE FOREGOING FOURTEEN REVELATIONS CHAPTER XLVI "It is needful to see and to know that we are sinners: wherefore we deserve pain and ... /.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter xlvi it is needful.htm<a href="/library/macduff/the_faithful_promiser/2d_day_needful_grace.htm">2D Day. Needful Grace.</a> ... 2D DAY. Needful Grace. "He is Faithful that Promised." "As thy days, so shall thy strength be.""Deuteronomy 33:25. Needful Grace. ... //christianbookshelf.org/macduff/the faithful promiser/2d day needful grace.htm<a href="/library/cyril/select_letters_of_saint_gregory_nazianzen/ep_lxxxviii_it_was_needful.htm">Ep. Lxxxviii. It was Needful that the Royal Image Should Adorn the ...</a> ... Ep. LXXXVIII. It was needful that the Royal Image should adorn the Royal City.? It was needful that the Royal Image should adorn the Royal City. ... /.../cyril/select letters of saint gregory nazianzen/ep lxxxviii it was needful.htm<a href="/library/schaff/the_seven_ecumenical_councils/canon_i_whereas_it_is.htm">Whereas it is Needful that they who were Detained from the Holy ...</a> ... Canon I. Whereas it is needful that they who were detained from the holy Synod and remained? Whereas it is needful that they who ... /.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon i whereas it is.htm<a href="/library/origen/origen_on_prayer/chapter_xvii_give_us_today.htm">Give us Today Our Needful Bread</a> ... CHAPTER XVII GIVE US TODAY OUR NEEDFUL BREAD. GIVE US TODAY OUR NEEDFUL BREAD Give us today our Needful Bread, or as Luke has it, Give ... //christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen on prayer/chapter xvii give us today.htm<a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_30_xxix_what_pelagius_thinks.htm">What Pelagius Thinks is Needful for Ease of Performance is Really ...</a> ... A Treatise on the grace of christ, and on original sin, Chapter 30 [XXIX.]"What Pelagius Thinks is Needful for Ease of Performance is Really Necessary for ... /.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 30 xxix what pelagius thinks.htm<a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_20_gods_agency_is_needful.htm">God's Agency is Needful Even in Man's Doings.</a> ... Book II. Chapter 20."God's Agency is Needful Even in Man's Doings. For as it is said, "It is man's part to prepare his heart, and ... /.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 20 gods agency is needful.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/scorpiace_antidote_for_the_scorpions_sting/chapter_iii_nor_should_i.htm">Nor Should I Think it Needful to Discuss Whether God Pursues a ...</a> ... Chapter III. Nor should I think it needful to discuss whether God pursues a worthy course in? Nor should I think it needful to ... /.../scorpiace antidote for the scorpions sting/chapter iii nor should i.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/n/needful.htm">Needful (17 Occurrences)</a> ...Needful (17 Occurrences). Luke 10:42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. (KJV ASV WBS RSV). ... /n/needful.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/c/convenient.htm">Convenient (11 Occurrences)</a> ... the King James Version is replaced, in Proverbs 30:8 the Revised Version (British and American), by "needful" (Hebrew choq), "feed me with the food that is ... /c/convenient.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/p/priesthood.htm">Priesthood (30 Occurrences)</a> ... It is needful to insist on this fact, for the noble word "priest" has been misappropriated and misapplied, so that its intrinsic import has been impaired. ... /p/priesthood.htm - 40k<a href="/topical/n/needeth.htm">Needeth (7 Occurrences)</a> /n/needeth.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/p/prayer.htm">Prayer (406 Occurrences)</a> ... It was left for Jesus the Son to give us the privilege of calling God "Our Father." Of the adjective epiousion, "daily" or "needful," neither the origin nor ... /p/prayer.htm - 80k<a href="/topical/n/needs.htm">Needs (85 Occurrences)</a> ... Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers; (See NIV). ... /n/needs.htm - 30k<a href="/topical/l/lord's.htm">Lord's (548 Occurrences)</a> ... It was left for Jesus the Son to give us the privilege of calling God "Our Father." Of the adjective epiousion, "daily" or "needful," neither the origin nor ... /l/lord's.htm - 88k<a href="/topical/n/need.htm">Need (914 Occurrences)</a> ... 3. (n.) That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business. 4. (n.) Situation of need; peril; danger. ... /n/need.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/n/needed.htm">Needed (59 Occurrences)</a> ... James 2:16 and any one of you may say to them, 'Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what ... /n/needed.htm - 25k<a href="/topical/n/note.htm">Note (129 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To butt; to push with the horns. 2. (n.) Know not; knows not. 3. (n.) Nut. 4. (n.) Need; needful business. ... /n/note.htm - 37k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/boundaries-biblical.html">What are boundaries, and are they biblical? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/absent-from-the-body.html">What does it mean to be absent from the body? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/did-Jesus-have-children.html">Did Jesus have children? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/needful.htm">Needful: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Needful (17 Occurrences)<a href="/luke/10-42.htm">Luke 10:42</a> But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. (KJV ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/luke/15-32.htm">Luke 15:32</a> but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.' (YLT)<a href="/john/3-7.htm">John 3:7</a> Do not wonder that I said to thee, It is needful that ye should be born anew. (DBY)<a href="/acts/1-16.htm">Acts 1:16</a> Brethren, it was needful that the Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus. (ASV)<a href="/acts/15-5.htm">Acts 15:5</a> But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. (KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/acts/17-3.htm">Acts 17:3</a> Opening and alledging, that it was needful that Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach to you, is Christ. (WBS)<a href="/2_corinthians/11-30.htm">2 Corinthians 11:30</a> If it is needful to boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity. (DBY)<a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm">Ephesians 4:29</a> Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it. (DBY YLT)<a href="/philippians/1-24.htm">Philippians 1:24</a> Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake. (WEB KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/1_timothy/3-7.htm">1 Timothy 3:7</a> It is needful also that he bear a good character with people outside the Church, lest he fall into reproach or a snare of the Devil. (WEY)<a href="/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3</a> For every high priest is constituted for the offering both of gifts and sacrifices; whence it is needful that this one also should have something which he may offer. (DBY)<a href="/hebrews/9-23.htm">Hebrews 9:23</a> It was needful therefore that the copies of the things in Heaven should be cleansed in this way, but that the heavenly things themselves should be cleansed with more costly sacrifices. (WEY)<a href="/james/2-16.htm">James 2:16</a> And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/2_peter/1-3.htm">2 Peter 1:3</a> seeing that His divine power has given us all things that are needful for life and godliness, through our knowledge of Him who has appealed to us by His own glorious perfections. (WEY)<a href="/jude/1-3.htm">Jude 1:3</a> Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. (KJV WBS)<a href="/ezra/7-20.htm">Ezra 7:20</a> Whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God, which you shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/proverbs/30-8.htm">Proverbs 30:8</a> Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me; (WEB ASV RSV)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/n/needful.htm">Needful</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a href="/topical/n/needing.htm">Needing (9 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/needful.htm">Needful (17 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/n/needeth.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Needeth"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Needeth" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/n/neediest.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Neediest"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Neediest" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>