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2501 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Deacon; Deaconess.6

… as dispensers of alms, who should come into close personal relations with the poor.

2502 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Deacon; Deaconess.7

… the dispensing of alms and the care of the poor of the church instituted in various churches at an earlier date.

2504 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dispensation.2

… "A dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me," the Revised Version (British and American) "I have stewardship entrusted to me." The idea is similar in Ephesians …

2505 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ebionism; Ebionites.25

… new dispensation of the "poor and needy" of the Psalms, e.g. 69:33; 70:5; 74:21.

2506 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Edification; Edify.2

… oikonomia, "dispensation," instead of oikodomia, "edifying" (the King James Version).

2507 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Education.65

… the dispensation of elementary instruction, although synagogues, with attached schools for the young were to be found in every important Jewish community …

2508 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Effect; Effectual.2

… American) dispenses with "effectual," "effectually," in the other cases where the King James Version has used these words as auxiliary in the translation of …

2509 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ephesians, Epistle to The.25

… " (musterion), "dispensation" (oikonomia) are found in other epistles in the same sense that we find them in here.

2510 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Eschatology of the Old Testament.94

… temporal dispensations men were trained to faith in the reality of moral retribution. Under the prophets, while the judgments of God on nations and individuals …

2511 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Eternal.6

… or dispensations. The aiones of Hebrews 1:2, and Hebrews 11:3, is, however, to be taken as used in the concrete sense of "the worlds," and not "the ages," the world so taken …

2512 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Exodus, the Book Of, 2.25

… permanently dispense with these, a state of mind which makes it possible for God again to show His mercy. It is an arbitrary assumption that these ornaments …

2513 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Fall, The.17

… the dispensation of the fullness of times, He will gather together in one all things in Christ ( Ephesians 1:10 ). (J. Orr, Sin as a Problem of Today, London, 1910.)

2514 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Forerunner.2

… Christian dispensation. The Old Testament Levitical economy knew nothing of such. The high priest was a representative, not a forerunner: where he led, namely …

2515 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Forgiveness.35

… not dispense with the necessity of an atonement. The parable of the Prodigal Son was spoken to teach the freedom of God's forgiveness and acceptance of returning …

2516 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Fullness.4

… a dispensation of the fullness of the times." Ephesians 1:23, "the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all." The church is the fullness …

2517 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Genesis, 3.39

… be dispensed with; as, e.g. we do not know in Genesis 25:26 b who was born; nor in Genesis 26:34 f who Esau was; nor in Genesis 27:46 who Jacob was; nor in Genesis 29:24 who …

2518 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gnosticism.70

… a dispensation of God which is in faith." Philo had given a great impetus to an allegorizing interpretation of the Old Testament. His writings were well known …

2519 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Holy Spirit, 2.33

… the Dispensation of the Holy Spirit. There is at the outset the closest connection with the recorded predictions of the Holy Spirit in the Gospels. Particularly …

2520 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hope.7

… to dispense entirely with faith, while at each stage the growth into the next can be anticipated through hope.