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37861 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. CircuMcIsion, Uncircumcision, Circumcise.6

… and spiritually of believers with reference to the act, Colossians 2:11; Romans 2:29; to the condition, Philippians 3:3 .

37862 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. CircuMcIsion, Uncircumcision, Circumcise.14

to circumcise," is used (a) lit., e.g., Luke 1:59; Luke 2:21; of receiving circumcision, Galatians 5:2, 3; Galatians 6:13, RV; (b) metaphorically, of spiritual circumcision, Colossians 2:11 .

37863 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Citizen, Citizenship.5

sun, "with," and No. 1, denotes "a fellow-citizen," i.e., possessing the same "citizenship," Ephesians 2:19, used metaphorically in a spiritual sense.

37864 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Clothe.9

a strengthened form of No. 2, used in the Middle Voice, "to cause to be put on over, to be clothed upon," is found in 2 Corinthians 5:2, 4, of the future spiritual body of the redeemed.

37865 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Compare, Comparison.3

… communicating spiritual things by spiritual things or words, or in the sense of interpreting spiritual things to spiritual men, RV and AV, "comparing" (cp. the …

37866 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Concision.3

… true spiritual circumcision.

37867 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Confirm, Confirmation.7

"to make valid, ratify, impart authority or influence" (from kuros, "might," kurios, "mighty, a head, as supreme in authority"), is used of spiritual love, 2 Corinthians 2:8; a human covenant, Gal.3:15. In the Sept., see Genesis 23:20, e.g.

37868 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Conflict.3

… against spiritual foes, as well as human adversaries; so Colossians 2:1, "conflict," AV; RV, "(how greatly) I strive," lit., "how great a conflict I have." See CONTENTION, FIGHT …

37869 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Create, Creation, Creator, Creature.3

… the spiritual creation, Ephesians 2:10, 15; Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10. See MAKE.

37870 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Crooked.3

… , with spiritual import (see Proverbs 28:18, Sept.); it is set in contrast to orthos and euthus, "straight;" (b) metaphorically, of what is morally "crooked," perverse, froward …

37871 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Cross, Crucify.10

"to crucify with" (su, "for," sun, "with"), is used (a) of actual "crucifixion" in company with another, Matthew 27:44; Mark 15:32; John 19:32 (b) metaphorically, of spiritual identification with Christ in His death, Romans 6:6; Galatians 2:20 .

37872 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Cut.7

… " from spiritual blessing, Romans 11:22, 24; of depriving persons of an occasion for something, 2 Corinthians 11:12. See HEW.

37873 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Dark, Darken, Darkly, Darkness.8

… ) of spiritual or moral "darkness," emblematic of sin, as a condition of moral or spiritual depravity, Matthew 4:16; John 1:5; John 8:12; John 12:35, 46; 1 John 1:5; 1 John 2 …

37874 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Dark, Darken, Darkly, Darkness.12

… and spiritual darkness," e.g., Matthew 6:23; Luke 1:79; Luke 11:35; John 3:19; Acts 26:18; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 5; 1 Peter …

37875 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Dark, Darken, Darkly, Darkness.13

… both spiritual and moral darkness are intended." * [* From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp 157-158.]

37876 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Daughter, Daughter-in-Law.3

… ); (b) spiritual relationship to God, 2 Corinthians 6:18, in the sense of the practical realization of acceptance with, and the approval of, God (cp. Isaiah 43:6 ), the …

37877 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Dawn.5

… of spiritual light into the heart. A probable reference is to the Day to be ushered in at the Second Coming of Christ: "until the Day gleam through the present …

37878 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Dead.3

… actual spiritual condition of unsaved men, Matthew 8:22; John 5:25; Ephesians 2:1, 5; Ephesians 5:14; Philippians 3:11; Colossians 2:13; cp. Luke 15:24 : (c) the ideal spiritual

37879 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Death, Death-Stroke.3

… (the spiritual part of man) from the body (the material part), the latter ceasing to function and turning to dust, e.g., John 11:13; Hebrews 2:15; Hebrews 5:7; Hebrews …

37880 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Death, Death-Stroke.4

… . As spiritual life is "conscious existence in communion with God," so spiritual "death" is "conscious existence in separation from God."