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36681 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Church Government.32
… his spiritual function that he should have revelations ( Ephesians 3:5 ). There is no indication that his office was in any sense administrative.
36682 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Church Government.38
The function of the elders was, in general, spiritual, but involved an oversight of all the affairs of the church ( 1 Timothy 3:2; 5:17 ).
36683 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Church Government.46
… the spirituality of His Kingdom: "My kingdom is not of this world" ( John 18:36 ). It follows that only where the life of a church touched the civic life of the community …
36684 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Circumcision.9
3. Spiritual Significance: In Jeremiah 9:25 and Deuteronomy 30:6 we find the spiritual significance of circumcision. A prophet like Jeremiah was not likely …
36685 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Citizenship.9
… and Spiritual: What more natural than that Paul should sometimes use this civic privilege to illustrate spiritual truths? He does so a number of times. Before …
36686 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Clean.2
… , ethical, spiritual, figurative uses continually overlap, especially the last four.
36687 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Clean.5
… or Spiritual: The ethical or spiritual meaning, either directly or figuratively, is found in the Old Testament chiefly in Job, Psalms, the Prophets, whose interest …
36688 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cleanse.5
… and Spiritual: In the ethical and spiritual sense, using the symbolism chiefly of 2. This embodies two phases: (1) the actual removal of sin by the person’s own …
36689 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Clod.3
Figurative: "Jacob shall break his clods" ( Hosea 10:11 ), i.e. "must harrow for himself," used figuratively of spiritual discipline (compare Isaiah 28:24 the King James Version).
36690 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Colossians, Epistle to The.9
… . The spiritual powers cease to have any authority over the Christians. It is to set Christ forward, in this way, as Head over all creation as very God, and out of …
36691 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Comfortless.2
… abiding spiritual presence.
36692 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Commandment, the New.6
… all spiritual life ( John 13:34 ). Paul therefore generalizes all pre-Christian morality as a system of law and commandments, standing in antithesis to the grace …
36693 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Commandment; Commandments.2
… deep spiritual appreciation of these commandments, and the extent to which obedience was deemed a privilege rather than a mere matter of constrained external …
36694 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Commentaries.45
… a spiritual--it gave reins to caprice in foisting imaginary meanings on the simplest historical statements (Farrar, op. cit., 189 ff). Some of Origen’s commentaries …
36695 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Commentaries.54
… much spirituality, show sagacity and learning, and are enriched by parallels from classical literature. The school of Cocceius (died 1669) developed the …
36696 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Common.2
… its spirituality of sphere, rose above all such externals. The salvation which it brought was directed to the redemption of Nature, as well as of man, sanctifying …
36697 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Communion; (Fellowship).5
… this spiritual sense Paul’s illustration falls short of the mark.
36698 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Communion; (Fellowship).7
… of spiritual experiences as an act of worship in the same class with "the breaking of bread and the prayers."
36699 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Community of Goods.3
… is spiritual ( 1 Corinthians 3:21 f), and not one of visible and external things. With respect to the latter, it enjoins upon the Christian, as a steward of God, the …
36700 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Comparative Religion.37
… new spiritual birth men may become children of God ( John 1:12 - 13 ) and "partakers of the divine nature" ( 2 Peter 1:4 ), without being swallowed up therein like a raindrop …