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4461 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philippians, the Epistle to The.34
… their choice are radically different; and Paul lives with rejoicing while Hamlet lives in despair and in shame. The aged apostle would rather die than live …
4462 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philo, Judaeus.17
… "God's choice," as distinct from His nature, could not suffice a mind trained in Hellenic methods. The question therefore was, How could mediation be effected …
4463 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philosophy.30
… and choice of Israel. The covenants with Moses and Aaron established the Law and the priesthood, and that with David, the kingship. And the hope of the future …
4464 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Physician.6
… his choice of words. Sir W. Ramsay calls attention to the two words used of the healings at Melita in Acts 28:8 - 10 : for the cure of Publius' father the word used is …
4465 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.9
… the choice of one man and one woman of each other for a life family relation. La Rochefoucauld said: "Hypocrisy is a sort of homage which vice pays to virtue." There …
4466 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Polygamy.14
… to choice of captives, and thus concubinage or what is the same thing--polygamy--would be set up. Successes in further wars come and add other women to be distributed …
4467 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Predestination.27
… free choice. Influence of God upon man's will is postulated, for its right guidance and direction, but not in any coercive sense, as Augustinianism seems to …
4468 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Priest.4
1. Implies Divine Choice
4469 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Priest.19
… Divine Choice: The Scriptures furnish information touching this point. To them we at once turn. Priesthood implies choice. Not only was the office of divine …
4470 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Psychology.18
… free choice, and not of necessity. "Let us make man" is the sublime utterance of divine wisdom and power. Nor does Scripture teach the pre-existence of the soul …
4471 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Quotations in the New Testament.43
… argumentation. Choice has been made of those which have provoked adverse criticism. Among these is the use of Genesis 13:15; 17:8 in Galatians 3:16. This is a leading …
4472 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rebekah.3
… peculiarly choice and fat.
4473 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Redeemer; Redemption.19
… moral choices of men. In our thought of the divine search for the control of inner human motive we must not stop short of the idea of men redeemed to the love …
4474 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Redeemer; Redemption.20
… own choice. Vast masses of them seem to be here as the outworking of impulses almost blind. The surroundings of men make it very easy for them to sin. The tendencies …
4475 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Redeemer; Redemption.25
… free choice. He will show men His own feeling of holiness and love. In the name of a holy love which they can forever aspire after, but which they can never fully …
4476 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Revelation, 1-2.25
… Yahweh's choice of it rested solely on His gracious will. Nor was this people permitted to imagine that it was for its own sake alone that it had been singled …
4477 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Revelation, 3-4.5
… to choice on his own part, but to a call of God, obeyed often with reluctance; and he prophesies or forbears to prophesy, not according to his own will but as the …
4478 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Royal.2
… ," literally, choice morsels of the king, meaning fit for a king ( Genesis 49:20 ); "besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty," literally, which he gave …
4479 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rufus.2
… . "that choice Christian" (Denhey). Since all Christians are "chosen," this title must express some distinction. The mother of Rufus had played the mother's part …
4480 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rump.2
… other choice portions were waved before the Lord and wholly burnt on the altar as a sweet savor unto Yahweh.