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37281 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philosophy.18
… of spiritual beings kindred to himself, his messengers and agents in the world (see PERSIAN RELIGION ( ANCIENT )). Of all these religious philosophies, only those …
37282 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philosophy.23
… and spiritual. But it had to make all things out of preexisting matter, which is essentially evil, and which therefore was refractory and hostile to the Good …
37283 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philosophy.24
… the spiritual and ethical elements in Stoicism became only second to Platonism in the preparation of the Greek world for Christianity. During the last …
37284 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philosophy.37
… the spiritual and eternal reality which lies behind it, and which partially expresses itself through it.
37285 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Poet.2
… of spiritual devotion. Paul takes this praise and devotion offered by the Greek poets to their unknown or fictitious gods and bestows it upon the one true …
37286 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Poetry, New Testament.2
… vitally spiritual and concerned with religion that but little attention has been paid to it as literature. Naturally it would be strange if the poetic inspiration …
37287 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Poetry, New Testament.8
… and spiritual idealism of Jesus. That the form of His speech is adequately set to poetic inspiration and conforms to the laws for Hebrew poetry has not been …
37288 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Poetry, New Testament.9
Spirituality and poetry have a kinship, and the interpretation of any message is aided by the adequate knowledge of its form. When the New Testament has thus …
37289 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.14
… and spiritual cast, is gone. Woman is reduced to the position of ministrant to man’s unmodified sensuality.
37290 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Poor.13
… and spiritual
37291 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pound.4
Figurative: "Pound," like "talent," is used in the New Testament for intellectual gifts and spiritual endowments, as in the passage given above.
37292 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Poverty.13
… a spiritual poverty indicated by the use of this word--a poverty in spiritual things: "Blessed are the poor in spirit." By this is meant, Blessed are they who feel …
37293 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Praise.7
… and spiritual songs from psalms ( Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16 ); and it was hymns that he and Silas sang at midnight in the prison of Philippi ( Acts 16:25 the Revised …
37294 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prayer.4
… , the spiritual path of prayer was frequented with a new assiduity. The devotional habits of Ezra ( Ezra 7:27; 8:23 ), Nehemlab ( Nehemiah 2:4; 4, 9, etc.) and Daniel ( Daniel …
37295 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prayer.5
… beneficial spiritual reactions, but as the request of a child to a father ( Matthew 6:8; 7:11 ), subject, indeed, to the father’s will ( Matthew 7:11; compare Matthew …
37296 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prayer.6
… a spiritual gift ( 1 Corinthians 14:14 - 16 ); and even those who have not this gift in the exceptional charismatic sense may "pray in the Spirit" whenever they come …
37297 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prayers of Christ.17
… with spiritual forces which extended the power of the spirit over the material world beyond the limits by which man is bound in his normal and sinful condition …
37298 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prayers of Christ.21
… deep, spiritual unity found by the indwelling of Christ in them and God in Christ. The prayer closes by the declaration that Christ’s knowledge of the Father …
37299 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prayers of Christ.26
… man’s spiritual nature. (2) It is natural to the soul even in perfect accord with God. (3) It is not only the expression of need, the supply of which is sought of God …
37300 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Preacher; Preaching.14
… the spiritual profit of the hearer as its end. The preacher, recognized as such by the church, speaks as a personal witness of God’s saving truth, explaining …