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37061 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 1.92

… are spiritually His children ( John 14:23 ); but His undivided and essential love is given also to the whole world ( John 3:16; 1 John 2:2 ). That is John’s great truth …

37062 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 1.101

… a spiritual presence, and yet really His own--a presence in which all and more than all the effects of His bodily presence would be perpetuated ( John 14:18; 16 …

37063 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 2.5

… . The spiritual life in men, which is "begotten of God," is the vital essence, the mystic principle which is manifested in all the capacities and activities of …

37064 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 2.7

… of spiritual life is closely analogous to the common conception of physical life. We do not conceive that a man lives because he breathes and feels and acts …

37065 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 2.8

… the spiritual nature of man. This is its ultimate definition.

37066 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 2.19

… antecedent spiritual predisposition (John’s equivalent to the Pauline predestination). There exists in certain persons what is lacking in others, a power …

37067 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 2.20

… and spiritual, not mechanically ecclesiastical, In the visible community spurious elements may intrude themselves, as is proved when schism unmasks those …

37068 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 2.21

… which spiritual efficacy is attributed either to the physical elements in themselves or to the physical act of participation. And (though there is little …

37069 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 2.23

… was spiritual and essential. The omission, to whatever motive it may have been due, is counter-balanced by the sacramental discourse ( John 6:1 - 71 ). While the language …

37070 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 2.24

… the spiritual in its contemplation of life, grasping what is of universal significance and dwelling upon events only as they are the embodiment of eternal …

37071 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 2.26

… profoundly spiritualizes. He reaches down through the pictorial representations of the traditional apocalyptic, and inquires what essential principle …

37072 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 2.28

… present spiritual state. The category of duration recedes before that of moral quality. Yet it has its own stupendous importance. In triumphant contrast …

37073 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 2.32

… primarily spiritual. The substitution in the Fourth Gospel of the Supper Discourse ( John 14:1 - 31 through John 16:1 - 33 ) for the apocalyptic chapters in the Synoptics …

37074 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 2.34

… as spiritual, so also is the assimilation (compare Philippians 3:21 ). The very idea of the spiritual body is that it perfectly corresponds to the character …

37075 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. John the Baptist.31

… and spiritual insight of the parents shown in the incidents recorded are ample evidence that his training was a fitting preparation for his great mission …

37076 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. John the Baptist.42

… the spiritual cleansing which the Messiah would bestow. "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me .... shall baptize you with …

37077 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. John, Gospel of.59

… a spiritual world, and moves with ease among the richest and highest elements of spiritual experience. Using common words, he yet reads into them the deepest …

37078 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. John, Gospel of.61

… own spiritual history, he remembered with special vividness those words and works of Christ which determined his own life, and led him on to the full assurance …

37079 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. John, the Apostle.7

… a spiritual biography, a record of the growth of faith on the part of the writer, and of the way in which his eyes were opened to see the glory of the Lord, until …