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Ministry (44 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of ministering; ministration; service; also (in some countries)
a government agency, as the Ministry of Defense. ...MINISTRY. ...
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Order (809 Occurrences)
... 13. (n.) An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office
of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders ...
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Gifts (144 Occurrences)
... 1. The New Testament Facts: The Gospels abundantly show that the ministry of Christ
Himself was one of healing no less than of teaching (compare Mark 1:14 with ...
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Service (317 Occurrences)
... (6) Yadh means literally, an "open hand, indicating direction, power, and so ministry
as in 1 Chronicles 6:31, where David appoints certain ones to have ...
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Ordination (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of consecrating for ministry, appointing,
or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc. ...
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Spiritual (42 Occurrences)
... See ROCK, 2, (1); SPIRITUAL ROCK. SPIRITUAL GIFTS. (charismata): 1. Gifts Connected
with the Ministry of the Word (1) Apostleship (2) Prophecy (3) Discernings ...
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Obtained (61 Occurrences)
... parents and asked them, (WEY). Acts 1:17 For he was numbered with us, and
had obtained part of this ministry. (KJV WBS). Acts 1:18 Now ...
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Tiberius (1 Occurrence)
... In the fifteenth year of his reign John the Baptist entered on his public ministry,
and under him also our Lord taught and suffered. He died AD 37. ...
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Government (20 Occurrences)
... The investigation up to this point places us in position to see that there is in
the New Testament no warrant for ecclesiastical grades in the ministry of the ...
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Reconcile (10 Occurrences)
... Godward aspect is primary and dominating: "All things are of God, who reconciled
us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation ...
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Temptation (22 Occurrences)
... By this conflict, Jesus came to that clearness and decision which characterized
His ministry throughout. ... would have destroyed His ministry. ...
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Ordain (13 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the
office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms ...
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Bishop (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches,
one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the ...
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Jonah (30 Occurrences)
... He exercised his ministry very early in the reign of Jeroboam II., and thus was
contemporary with Hosea and Amos; or possibly he preceded them, and ...
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Chronology
... 4) Course of Abijah (5) Day and Month (6) Summary 2. Baptism of Jesus 3. First Passover
4. Death of John the Baptist 5. Length of Jesus' Ministry 6. Death of ...
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Reconciliation (11 Occurrences)
... Godward aspect is primary and dominating: "All things are of God, who reconciled
us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation ...
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Elisha (70 Occurrences)
... His PROPHETIC CAREER 1. Record of His Career 2. His Ministry in a Private Capacity
3. His Ministry in a Public and National Capacity 4. Characteristics of His ...
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Negotiator (3 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 8:6 But, as a matter of fact, the ministry which Christ has obtained is
all the nobler a ministry, in that He is at the same time the negotiator of a ...
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Nobler (2 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 8:6 But, as a matter of fact, the ministry which Christ has obtained is
all the nobler a ministry, in that He is at the same time the negotiator of a ...
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Jumping (14 Occurrences)
... The latter is probably correct, "apostle" being used in a wide sense (compare 1
Corinthians 15:7). The prophetic ministry of the early church consisted of ...
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Deacon (4 Occurrences)
... In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest
order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. ...
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Abounds (8 Occurrences)
... (WEB). 2 Corinthians 3:9 For if the ministry of condemnation be glory, much
rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory. (DBY). ...
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Abound (36 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). 2 Corinthians 3:9 For if the ministry of condemnation
be glory, much rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory. ...
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Sublimer (1 Occurrence)
... Hebrews 8:6 But, as a matter of fact, the ministry which Christ has obtained is
all the nobler a ministry, in that He is at the same time the negotiator of a ...
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Evangelist (2 Occurrences)
... But Ephesians 4:11 teaches that one particular order of the ministry, distinguished
from every other, is singled out by the Head of the church for this work in ...
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Haggai (14 Occurrences)
... He was the first of the three (Zechariah, his contemporary, and Malachi, who was
about one hundred years later, being the other two) whose ministry belonged to ...
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Seventy (97 Occurrences)
... Inasmuch as no further mention is made of these workers, it is to be understood
that they were appointed for a temporary ministry. ...
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Angel (209 Occurrences)
... From that time onward there are frequent references to their ministry on earth
(Genesis 18; 19; 24:7, 40; 28:12; 32:1). They appear to rebuke idolatry (Judges ...
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Based (40 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 8:6 But, as a matter of fact, the ministry which Christ has obtained is
all the nobler a ministry, in that He is at the same time the negotiator of a ...
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Offices (14 Occurrences)
... Confirmations of the Synoptics 5. The Dual Outgrowth of Sacrifice, the Victim and
Sacrificer 6. Christ's Priesthood in the Apostolic Ministry and Epistles 7 ...
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Fulfil (60 Occurrences)
... Colossians 4:17 Tell Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received
in the Lord, that you fulfill it." (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Church (110 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 2:11-22). The apostles did not set up a new organization. Under their
ministry disciples were "added" to the "church" already existing (Acts 2:47). ...
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Ministering (63 Occurrences)
... to him. (See NAS). Romans 12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering:
or he that teacheth, on teaching; (KJV WBS). Romans 15 ...
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Fulfill (80 Occurrences)
... Colossians 4:17 Tell Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have
received in the Lord, that you fulfill it." (WEB WBS NAS). ...
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Matthew (5 Occurrences)
... Jesus (1; 2). (2.) The discourses and actions of John the Baptist preparatory
to Christ's public ministry (3; 4:11). (3.) The discourses ...
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Luke (4 Occurrences)
... He does not claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord's ministry, but to have
gone to the best sources of information within his reach, and to have written ...
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Second (2060 Occurrences)
... recently transpired, joyful references to the fact that the clouds of grief in
connection with them have been dispelled, and that the evangelical ministry as a ...
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Apostolic (2 Occurrences)
... 20). Here the extreme prominence of Paul's ministry in the New Testament
should not obscure the success of the other missionaries. ...
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According (7613 Occurrences)
... It had an account of John the Baptist's ministry, of the baptism of Jesus, of the
call of the apostles, of the woman taken in adultery, of the Last Supper, of ...
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Sermon (1 Occurrence)
... That Jesus should deliver a discourse of this kind accords with all the
circumstances and with the purpose of His ministry. Besides ...
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Isaiah (64 Occurrences)
... A second call came to him "in the year that King Uzziah died" (Isaiah 6:1). He
exercised his ministry in a spirit of uncompromising firmness and boldness in ...
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King (25505 Occurrences)
... In John's account of the beginning of Christ's ministry, one of His early disciples,
Nathanael, hails Him as "King of Israel" (John 1:49), and Jesus does not ...
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Pentecost (3 Occurrences)
... an institution. This day is said to mark the dividing line between the
ministry of the Lord and the ministry of the Spirit. The ...
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Miracle (15 Occurrences)
... New Testament. Our Lord's ministry was attended from first to last by events
entirely beyond the ordinary course of Nature. He was ...
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Uzziah (27 Occurrences)
... (On the other hand, it is known that Isaiah, whose call was in the year of Uzziah's
death, Isaiah 6:1, was already exercising his ministry in the reign of ...
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Mark (182 Occurrences)
... In that connection Paul pays Mark his final tribute; he is "useful for ministering"
(euchrestos eis diakonian), so useful that his ministry is a joy to the ...
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Preaching (116 Occurrences)
... He at once, on His entrance upon His ministry, gave to preaching a spiritual
depth and practical range which it never had before. ...
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Azariah (47 Occurrences)
... (On the other hand, it is known that Isaiah, whose call was in the year of Uzziah's
death, Isaiah 6:1, was already exercising his ministry in the reign of ...
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Friend (139 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an
ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. ...
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Priest (500 Occurrences)
... He received His commission and His authority from the fountain of all sovereignty.
At the opening of His earthly ministry He said, "He anointed me..... ...
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Galilee (73 Occurrences)
... of his life. The first three Gospels are chiefly taken up with our Lord's
public ministry in this province. "The entire province ...
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Malchiel (3 Occurrences)
... That Jesus should deliver a discourse of this kind accords with all the
circumstances and with the purpose of His ministry. Besides ...
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Law (670 Occurrences)
... c) Christ's Answer to the Lawyer (d) References in the Fourth Gospel 2. The Law
in Relation to the Life of Christ (1) In His Infancy (2) In His Ministry 3. The ...
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Virgin (62 Occurrences)
... of the disciples with Jesus, upon which their testimony primarily rests, extended
from the call of the disciples, near the opening of the ministry, to the ...
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Priesthood (30 Occurrences)
... These are its order and its duties. By the order is meant the rank or grade of the
Priest, and by the duties the various functions of His ministry. ...
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Heaven (653 Occurrences)
... Thus, in Matthew 4:23, the commencement of the ministry is described in these words,
"And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and ...
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Captivity (141 Occurrences)
... Jehoiakim, 608-597 BC 7. Siege and Surrender of Jerusalem under Jehoiachin, 597
BC 8. First Deportation, 597 BC The Baskets of Figs 9. The Ministry of Ezekiel ...
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Birth (357 Occurrences)
... of the disciples with Jesus, upon which their testimony primarily rests, extended
from the call of the disciples, near the opening of the ministry, to the ...
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Simon (75 Occurrences)
... in his Messianic teaching as indicated in the first part of the Acts, where he is
the chief personage, and where for the most part his ministry is confined to ...
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Canonicity
... Isaiah, in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, is the greatest of the
prophets in the Assyrian age, and his ministry reaches its climax in the ...
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Vessels (210 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Hebrews 9:21 Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels
of the ministry in like manner with the blood. (WEB ...
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Baptist (16 Occurrences)
...MINISTRY 1. The Scene 2. His First Appearance 3. His Dress and Manner 4. His Message
5. His Severity V. BAPTISM 1. Significance (1) Lustrations Required by the ...
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Age (404 Occurrences)
... 20). Here the extreme prominence of Paul's ministry in the New Testament
should not obscure the success of the other missionaries. ...
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Instruments (136 Occurrences)
... Numbers 4:12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they
minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them ...
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Peter (181 Occurrences)
... 1 Peter 5:13). He appears to have been settled at Capernaum when Christ entered
on his public ministry, and may have reached beyond the age of thirty. ...
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Fact (98 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 8:6 But, as a matter of fact, the ministry which Christ has obtained is
all the nobler a ministry, in that He is at the same time the negotiator of a ...
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Borrowing (1 Occurrence)
... By this conflict, Jesus came to that clearness and decision which characterized
His ministry throughout. ... would have destroyed His ministry. ...
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Healing (60 Occurrences)
... 1. The New Testament Facts: The Gospels abundantly show that the ministry of Christ
Himself was one of healing no less than of teaching (compare Mark 1:14 with ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/healing.htm - 32k

Mary (50 Occurrences)
... mentioned. After the commencement of our Lord's public ministry little notice
is taken of Mary. She was present at the marriage in Cana. ...
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Sadducees (14 Occurrences)
... period of Greek domination. The first time they are met with is in connection
with John the Baptist's ministry. They came out to ...
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Vocation (2 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A call to special religious work, as to the ministry. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. VOCATION. vo-ka'-shun. See CALLING. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Zebulun (46 Occurrences)
... According to ancient prophecy this part of Galilee enjoyed a large share of our
Lord's public ministry (Isaiah 9:1, 2; Matthew 4:12-16). Zebulun, Tribe of. ...
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Naphtali (51 Occurrences)
... fertility. It was the principal scene of our Lord's public ministry. Here
most of his parables were spoken and his miracles wrought. ...
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Nicodemus (5 Occurrences)
... Interview: This meeting, which it has been surmised took place in the house of John
(John 3:1-15), was one of the results of our Lord's ministry at Jerusalem ...
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Nazareth (29 Occurrences)
... Here Jesus grew up from his infancy to manhood (4:16); and here he began his public
ministry in the synagogue (Matthew 13:54), at which the people were so ...
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Numbered (209 Occurrences)
... (BBE NAS NIV). Acts 1:17 For he was numbered with us, and received his portion
in this ministry. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV). ...
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Ourselves (129 Occurrences)
... NIV). Acts 6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the
ministry of the word. (KJV WEY DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Acts ...
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Offense (44 Occurrences)
... God: (WBS NAS RSV). 2 Corinthians 6:3 Giving no offense in any thing, that
the ministry be not blamed: (WBS NAS). 2 Corinthians 11:7 ...
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Occupy (25 Occurrences)
... Acts 1:25 to occupy the place in this ministry and Apostleship from which Judas
through transgression fell, in order to go to his own place." (WEY NAS). ...
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