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36041 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hosea.48

… "the spiritual heir of Hosea" (Driver, Commentary on Deuteronomy, Intro, xxvii), or of Hosea as "the great spiritual predecessor of the Deuteronomist" (Cheyne, Jeremiah …

36042 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. House of God.2

… :4 ). Spiritually, in the New Testament, the "house of God" (oikos theou) is the church or community of believers ( 1 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 10:21; 1 Peter 4:17; compare 1 Corinthians …

36043 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hunger.2

… and spiritual rectitude is called hungering and thirsting after righteousness ( Matthew 5:6 ); and the satisfaction of the soul which receives Christ is described …

36044 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hymenaeus.6

… . This spiritualizing of the resurrection sprang from the idea of the necessarily evil nature of all material substance. This idea immediately led to the …

36045 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hymn.2

… and spiritual songs." Gregory of Nyssa (4th century) distinguishes these as follows: the Psalms were accompanied by instruments, the hymns were mainly vocal …

36046 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Idolatry.2

… pure spiritual truths (see IMAGES ). Idolatry originally meant the worship of idols, or the worship of false gods by means of idols, but came to mean among the …

36047 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Idolatry.5

… true spiritual worship (e.g. Jeremiah 3:16; Amos 5:21 - 25 ). These prophecies produced a strong reaction against the previously popular idol-worship, though later …

36048 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ignorance.3

… special spiritual gifts." In Acts 4:13 it may refer to the want of Jewish learning; certainly it does not mean ignorant in the modern sense.

36049 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Image.5

… his spiritual nature (Justin Martyr, Irenaeus). (b) Others, especially the Alexandrian Fathers, understood by the "image" the mental and moral endowments native …

36050 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Image.7

… of spiritual attainment and communion with God. This involves a separation of man from the beast, and his supremacy as the culmination of the creative process …

36051 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Image.10

… , the spiritual man in Christ is on a higher level than the natural ("psychical") man as found in Adam (compare especially 1 Corinthians 15:44 - 49 ), in whom the Divine …

36052 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Images.20

… a spiritual godhead, since visible corporeal beings may have invisible souls and spiritual attributes, and even the stars may be thought of as "seats of celestial …

36053 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Images.26

… profound spiritual conception; compare GOLDEN CALF, and note Wiedemann’s statement, inHDB, V, 180 that in Egypt the gods Hu, "Taste," and Sa, "Perception," were created …

36055 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Immortal; Immortality.29

… , or spiritual part of man, after bodily death. It is the assertion of the fact that death does not end all. The soul survives. This is commonly what is meant when …

36056 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Immortal; Immortality.32

… Soul Spiritual. The more philosophical arguments that are adduced for the soul’s immortality. (or survival) are not all of equal weight. The argument based …

36057 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Immortal; Immortality.50

… , powerful, spiritual, immortal ( 1 Corinthians 15:42 ff,53 f). This is not to be confused with sameness of material particles ( 1 Corinthians 15:37 f), yet there is the …

36058 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Immortal; Immortality.53

… and spiritual blessedness, in an environment suitable to such glorified existence. As such it is the supreme prize after which every believer is called …

36059 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Impart.2

… some spiritual gift" ( Romans 1:11 ) expresses the apostle’s hope that the Roman believers may increase in faith and love through his teaching and influence …

36060 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Infinite; Infinitude.7

… a spiritual magnitude. Infinitude in power, e.g. is not an infinite quantity of power, but the potentiality in God of accomplishing without limit everything …