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4501 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Choose; Chosen.23
… a choice that otherwise appears arbitrary and irrational. God’s purpose and call of salvation are unto all mankind. "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends …
4502 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Choose; Chosen.24
… the choice. God has chosen her, not for any merit in her, but of His free grace, and according to His purpose of salvation, but if Israel fails to respond by faithful …
4503 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Choose; Chosen.25
… expressing choice in minor matters are: qabhal, for David’s choice of evils ( 1 Chronicles 21:11 ); bara’, to mark out a place ( Ezekiel 21:19 ), to select singers and porters …
4504 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Choose; Chosen.26
… the choice of delegates from the Council of Jerusalem ( Acts 15:22, 25; compare 2 Corinthians 8:19 ), cheirotoneo; choose by vote (the Revised Version (British and …
4505 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Choose; Chosen.27
… sovereign choice governs the experience and testing of the saints at every point from beginning to end.
4506 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Congregation.3
… the choice of one or other of the words in many cases. Thus the Chronicler uses qahal frequently, but `edhah only once ( 2 Chronicles 5:6 = 1 Kings 8:5 ).
4507 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Consort.2
… their choice. The English has the Latin for "lot" as its base.
4508 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Covenant, in the New Testament.2
… . The choice of this word seems to have been occasioned by a recognition that the covenant which God makes with men is not fully mutual as would be implied in …
4509 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Crafts.85
… . The choice of proper soil for the vineyards, the adding of preservatives to keep the wine, boiling the juice to kill undesirable ferments, guarding against …
4510 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Crime; Crimes.54
… mutual choice and love, mingled with carnality, shall become clarified more and more into the purer love of close consanguineal relations; not vice versa …
4511 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Criticism.45
… Divine choice given to a place--a time represented in the history of Israel as about the time of David, or perhaps Solomon. This certainly does explain the situation …
4512 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. David.62
… the choice of declining the high destiny in store for him. Had he had the power to refuse what he believed to be the decree of Fate, he would hardly escape censure …
4513 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. David.82
… his choice of Jebus as the capital of the country--which it still continues to be after a lapse of three thousand years.
4514 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. David.86
… by choice ( 2 Samuel 3:39 ). He seems, indeed, to have continued Joab in his post because he felt he could not do without him. Joab was devoted to David with the devotion …
4515 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dial of Ahaz.7
5. Hezekiah’s Choice of the Sign
4516 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dial of Ahaz.12
… the choice and exercised it of his own free will, as to whether a shadow should move in a particular direction or in the opposite. But there are no alternative …
4517 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dial of Ahaz.15
… . Hezekiah’s Choice of the Sign: We can therefore understand the nature of the choice of the sign that was offered by the prophet to the dying king. Would he choose …
4518 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Elect.2
… ," "valuable," "choice"; often thus as a fact, in places where the King James Version uses "chosen" (or "elect") to translate the original (e.g. Isaiah 42:1; 1 Peter 2:6 ). In the …
4519 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Election.2
Election - e-lek’-shun (ekloge, "choice," "selection"):
4520 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Election.17
… and choice of them to be the people of God has no relation to their virtues, or to their strength. The reason lies out of sight, in the Divine mind. So too "the Israel …