Epistles
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Epistles (2 Occurrences)
... (1.) Paul's Epistles, fourteen in number, including Hebrews. ... (see GALATIANS, EPISTLE
TO.). The epistles to Timothy and Titus are styled the Pastoral Epistles. ...
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Catholic
... Catholic epistles: The epistles of James, Peter, John, and Jude; so called because
they are addressed to Christians in general, and not to any church or person ...
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Philemon (2 Occurrences)
... Philemon, Epistle to. Was written from Rome at the same time as the epistles
to the Colossians and Ephesians, and was sent also by Onesimus. ...
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Antichrist (4 Occurrences)
... IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 1. The Gospels 2. Pauline Epistles 3. Johannine Epistles
4. Book of Revelation III. IN APOCALYPTIC WRITINGS IV. ...
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Selfsurrender
... 3. Epistles of Paul: The Epistles are permeated with the doctrine of
self-surrender. The Pauline Epistles are particularly full of it. ...
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Self-surrender
... 3. Epistles of Paul: The Epistles are permeated with the doctrine of
self-surrender. The Pauline Epistles are particularly full of it. ...
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Laodiceans (2 Occurrences)
... EVIDENCE FAVORING EPISTLE TO EPHESIANS 1. Marcion's Opinion 2. References in Ephesians
and Other Epistles 3. Ephesian Church Jewish in Origin 4. Ephesians and ...
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Colossians (1 Occurrence)
... Like some of his other epistles (eg, those to Corinth), this seems to have been
written in consequence of information which had somehow been conveyed to him of ...
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Mediation
... 1) Christ as Prophet (2) Christ as King (3) Christ as Priest (Redeemer) 2. Primitive
Apostolic Teachings (1) The Early Speeches in Acts (2) Epistles of James ...
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Mediator (7 Occurrences)
... 1) Christ as Prophet (2) Christ as King (3) Christ as Priest (Redeemer) 2. Primitive
Apostolic Teachings (1) The Early Speeches in Acts (2) Epistles of James ...
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Spurious
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SPURIOUS, ACTS, EPISTLES, GOSPELS. spa'-ri-us. See
APOCRYPHAL ACTS; APOCRYPHAL EPISTLES; APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS. EPISTLES, SPURIOUS. ...
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Slavonic
... in the Old Testament Genesis 5 (in part); Psalm 52:2; Nehemiah 5-7 (in part), and
in the New Testament the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (all incomplete), with ...
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Law (670 Occurrences)
... LAW IN THE EPISTLES 1. In Romans 2. In Galatians 3. In the Other Pauline Epistles
4. In the Epistle to the Hebrews 5. In the Epistle of James 6. In the ...
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Georgian
... in the Old Testament Genesis 5 (in part); Psalm 52:2; Nehemiah 5-7 (in part), and
in the New Testament the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (all incomplete), with ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/georgian.htm - 13k

Gothic
... in the Old Testament Genesis 5 (in part); Psalm 52:2; Nehemiah 5-7 (in part), and
in the New Testament the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (all incomplete), with ...
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Creeds
... CREED; CREEDS. kred: I. SCRIPTURAL BASIS 1. In the Old Testament 2. In the New
Testament-Gospels 3. In the Epistles (1) Paul (2) Later Writings (3) Hebrews II. ...
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Pastoral
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PASTORAL EPISTLES. pas'-tor-al, I.
GENUINENESS 1. External Evidence 2. Genuineness Questioned II. ...
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Holy (1097 Occurrences)
... 12). Later in the epistles of Paul much emphasis is given to the Spirit
as the sanctifying agency in the hearts of believers. In ...
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Thessalonians (6 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Thessalonians, Epistles to the. The first epistle
to the Thessalonians was the first of all Paul's epistles. ...
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Spirit (706 Occurrences)
... 12). Later in the epistles of Paul much emphasis is given to the Spirit
as the sanctifying agency in the hearts of believers. In ...
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Johannine
... LITERATURE The materials for the following sketch of the Johannine theology are
necessarily drawn from the Fourth Gospel and the Epistles, chiefly the First ...
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Church (110 Occurrences)
... II. ITS ADOPTION BY JESUS III. ITS USE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 1. In the Gospels
2. In Acts 3. In the Pauline Epistles IV. THE NOTES ...
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Fullness (31 Occurrences)
... fullness of how many baskets of fragments did ye take up?' John 1:16, `out of his
fullness we all received.' 2. Its Use in the Pauline Epistles: Elsewhere in ...
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Tychicus (5 Occurrences)
... In Laodicea and Colosse Tychicus would not only deliver the Epistles from Paul,
but he would also, as the apostle had written to the churches in those places ...
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Discourse (25 Occurrences)
... reasoning"); Jude 1:9. TIMOTHY, EPISTLES TO. See PASTORAL EPISTLES.
Multi-Version Concordance Discourse (25 Occurrences). Matthew 7:28 ...
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Coptic
... Only a few fragments in it (of Exodus, Ecclesiastes, 2 Maccabees, the Minor
Prophets, and Catholic epistles) have yet been found. ...
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Adoption (5 Occurrences)
... AS GOD'S ACT 1. Divine Fatherhood 2. Its Cosmic Range This term appears first in
New Testament, and only in the epistles of Paul (Galatians 4:5 Romans 8:15, 23 ...
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Sinaiticus
... The books of the New Testament stand thus: the four Gospels, the epistles of Paul,
the Acts of the Apostles, the Catholic Epistles, the Apocalypse of John. ...
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Silas (22 Occurrences)
... He is referred to in the epistles under the name of Silvanus (2 Corinthians
1:19; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; 1 Peter 5:12). ...
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Thessalonica (8 Occurrences)
... most constant companions; we find him with Paul at Ephesus (Acts 19:29) and on his
journey to Rome (Acts 27:2), while in two of his Epistles, written during ...
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I-iii
... b) More Positive View (c) Close of Canon 2. The New Testament (1) Historical Books
(a) The Synoptics (b) Fourth Gospel (c) Acts (2) The Epistles (a) Pauline (b ...
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Apostles (79 Occurrences)
... THE SPEECHES IN THE ACTS IX. RELATION OF ACTS TO THE EPISTLES X. CHRONOLOGY OF ACTS
XI. ... The epistles had a special field and the gospels appealed to all. ...
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Canonicity
... The New Testament writings are conveniently grouped into the historical books (Gospels
and Acts); Epistles (Pauline and other); and a Prophetic book (Rev). ...
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Lady (37 Occurrences)
... See further CYRIA; JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF. Robert Law. LADY. ... See CYRIA; JOHN, THE
EPISTLES OF; ELECT LADY. Multi-Version Concordance Lady (37 Occurrences). ...
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Charity (29 Occurrences)
... been used by the narrator, when it is considered that these gospels were compiled
and reduced to writing many years after the spread of the Pauline epistles. ...
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Galatians (2 Occurrences)
... RELATIONS TO OTHER EPISTLES 1. Galatians and Romans 2. Links with 1 and 2 Corinthians
3. With the Corinthians-Romans Group 4. With Other Groups of Epistles 5 ...
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Ephesians (4 Occurrences)
... peculiar? The close relation as to style and subject between the epistles
to Colosse and Ephesus must strike every reader. Their ...
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Introduction (3 Occurrences)
... b) More Positive View (c) Close of Canon 2. The New Testament (1) Historical Books
(a) The Synoptics (b) Fourth Gospel (c) Acts (2) The Epistles (a) Pauline (b ...
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Subapostolic
... Notabilia III. EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS 1. Author and Date 2. Genuineness 3.
Leading Ideas 4. Other Notabilia IV. EPISTLES OF POLYCARP 1 ...
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Simon (75 Occurrences)
... of Christ LITERATURE The data for this article are found chiefly in the four Gospels;
in Acts 1-15; in Galatians 1 and 2; and in the two Epistles of Peter. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/simon.htm - 91k

Sub-apostolic
... Notabilia III. EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS 1. Author and Date 2. Genuineness 3.
Leading Ideas 4. Other Notabilia IV. EPISTLES OF POLYCARP 1 ...
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Philippians (2 Occurrences)
... "This exposition of the grace and wonder of His personal majesty, personal
self-abasement, and personal exaltation after it," found in these epistles, "is, ...
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Praetorian (2 Occurrences)
... signification of "praetorium" in this passage has on the question of the order in
which Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon-the epistles of Paul's ...
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Timothy (28 Occurrences)
... it should be noticed that it was Paul's custom to associate with his own name that
of one or more of his companions, in the opening salutations in the Epistles...
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Bishop (4 Occurrences)
... he speaks of "bishops" and "deacons." In the GentileChristian churches this title
evidently had been adopted; and it is only in the Pastoral Epistles that we ...
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Hebrews (24 Occurrences)
... Paul's; but we may at least argue with Calvin that there can be no difficulty in
the way of "embracing it without controversy as one of the apostolical epistles...
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Ascension (1 Occurrence)
... 13-15. All these passages assert the present life and activity of Jesus
Christ in heaven. III. In the Pauline Epistles. 1. Romans ...
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Reconciliation (11 Occurrences)
... All the other instances are in Paul's Epistles (Romans 5:10 1 Corinthians 7:11 2
Corinthians 5:18-20, the verb; Romans 5:11; Romans 11:15 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19 ...
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Reconcile (10 Occurrences)
... All the other instances are in Paul's Epistles (Romans 5:10 1 Corinthians 7:11 2
Corinthians 5:18-20, the verb; Romans 5:11; Romans 11:15 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19 ...
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Persecution (22 Occurrences)
... Thus, in the earliest of the Pauline Epistles, it is said, "Ye also suffered the
same things of your own countrymen, even as they (in Judea) did of the Jews ...
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New (1850 Occurrences)
... 4-6 (= Mark 10:6-8), referring to Genesis 1:27, 2:24. II. Epistles. Adam
is used by Paul as the founder of the race and the cause ...
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Romans (8 Occurrences)
... In some respects the later Epistles, Ephesians and Colossians, lead us to even higher
and deeper arcana of revelation, and they, like Romans, combine with the ...
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Gnosticism
... GNOSTICISM IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1. Colossians 2. 1 Corinthians: "Knowledge" at
Corinth 3. Pastoral Epistles 4. 1 John (1) Gnostic Claims (2) Its Loveless ...
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Creed
... We may perhaps conjecture from the epistles that Timothy's confession contained
references to God as the author of life, to Jesus Christ and His descent from ...
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Titus (15 Occurrences)
... The subscriptions to the epistles are of no authority, as they are not authentic.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ... TITUS, EPISTLE TO. See PASTORAL EPISTLES. ...
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Paul (207 Occurrences)
... pol, I. Sources 1. The Acts 2. The Thirteen Epistles (1) Pauline Authorship (2)
Lightfoot's Grouping (a) First Group (1 and 2 Thessalonians) (b) Second Group ...
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Jude (4 Occurrences)
... It is quite generally held by writers that the James and Judas here mentioned
are the two whose epistles are found in the New Testament. ...
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Text (5 Occurrences)
... furnish abundant evidence for determining the reading of practically the entire
New Testament, while for the Gospels and most important Epistles the evidence ...
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Manuscripts
... furnish abundant evidence for determining the reading of practically the entire
New Testament, while for the Gospels and most important Epistles the evidence ...
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Corinthians (3 Occurrences)
... This is one of the epistles the authenticity of which has never been called in question
by critics of any school, so many and so conclusive are the evidences ...
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Syriac (2 Occurrences)
... time. It is noticeable that this version does not contain the Second and
Third Epistles of John, 2 Peter, Jude, and the Apocalypse. ...
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Canon
... collections" of our New Testament books began to be made it is impossible to say,
but it is fair to infer that a collection of the Pauline epistles existed at ...
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King (25505 Occurrences)
... Title (3) Christ Charged and Condemned as King (4) The Witness of the Resurrection
and of Apostolic Preaching (5) The Testimony of the Epistles and Apocalypse ...
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Eucharist
... POST-APOSTOLIC CHURCH 1. Guidance by the Holy Spirit 2. The Early Fathers (1) Ignatian
Epistles (2) Justin Martyr (3) Irenaeus (4) Cyprian VIII. ...
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Supper (17 Occurrences)
... POST-APOSTOLIC CHURCH 1. Guidance by the Holy Spirit 2. The Early Fathers (1) Ignatian
Epistles (2) Justin Martyr (3) Irenaeus (4) Cyprian VIII. ...
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Apocrypha
... the New Testament. But there is a "New" as well as an "Old" Testament Apocrypha
consisting of gospels, epistles, etc. Moreover the ...
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Intercession (12 Occurrences)
... Intercessory Prayers of the Church 13. Intercession Found in the Epistles II.
INTERCESSION PERFECTED IN CHRIST'S OFFICE AND IN THE CHURCH III. ...
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Commentaries
... in the interpretation of the poetical and prophetical books, but who commented also
on the first three Gospels, on the writings of John, and on Paul's epistles...
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Apostle (25 Occurrences)
... to the name. His claim appears in his assumption of the apostolic title
in the opening words of most of his epistles. And when his ...
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Person (807 Occurrences)
... THE TEACHING OF OTHER EPISTLES IV. ... But they all receive endless illustration from
his occasional allusions to them, one or another, throughout his Epistles. ...
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Eschatology
... Hence, it is especially observable, not in the earlier epistles of Paul, where the
structure of eschatological thought is still in the main historico-dramatic ...
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Malefactor (2 Occurrences)
... furnish abundant evidence for determining the reading of practically the entire
New Testament, while for the Gospels and most important Epistles the evidence ...
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Faithful (136 Occurrences)
... These words form a striking formula which is found-with slight variations-only in
the Pastoral Epistles, in 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 3:1; 1 Timothy 4:9 2 ...
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Guard (185 Occurrences)
... signification of "praetorium" in this passage has on the question of the order in
which Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon-the epistles of Paul's ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/guard.htm - 55k

Grace (277 Occurrences)
... So "grace be with you" closes the Epistles as a sufficient summary of all
the blessings that can be wished Christian readers. At ...
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Literature (2 Occurrences)
... Notabilia III. EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS 1. Author and Date 2. Genuineness 3.
Leading Ideas 4. Other Notabilia IV. EPISTLES OF POLYCARP 1 ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/literature.htm - 82k

Consist (7 Occurrences)
... In some respects the later Epistles, Ephesians and Colossians, lead us to even higher
and deeper arcana of revelation, and they, like Romans, combine with the ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/consist.htm - 80k

Ministry (44 Occurrences)
... It can be traced in the Epistles of Paul and in other parts of the New Testament.
It is seen in the Didache, in the Pastor of Hermas ...
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Doctrine (52 Occurrences)
... 2. Was the Trinitarian Formula Used in New Testament Times?: No record of such use
can be discovered in the Acts or the epistles of the apostles. ...
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