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93321 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Justification.5 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of faith which thus secures our justification secures also at the same time our sanctification (q.v.); and thus the doctrine of justification by faith does …
93322 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Justus.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… been faithful to the end; they must have been well known and esteemed among the brethren. What became of them afterwards, and what work they did, are entirely …
93323 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Lois.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Lois — the maternal grandmother of Timothy. She is commended by Paul for her faith ( 2 Timothy 1:5 ).
93324 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Lord’s Supper.6 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ) by faith, which is the mouth or hand of the soul. This they do (4) by the power of the Holy Ghost. This “feeding” on Christ, however, takes place not in the Lord’s Supper …
93325 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Maccabees, Books of the.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
The second gives a history of the Maccabees’ struggle from 176 to 161. Its object is to encourage and admonish the Jews to be faithful to the religion of their fathers.
93326 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Manasseh.7 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , however, faithful prophets (Isaiah, Micah) who lifted up their voice in reproof and in warning. But their fidelity only aroused bitter hatred, and a period of …
93327 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Mehuman.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Mehuman — faithful, one of the eunchs whom Ahasuerus (Xerxes) commanded to bring in Vashti ( Esther 1:10 ).
93328 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Micaiah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , a faithful prophet of Samaria ( 1 Kings 22:8-28 ). Three years after the great battle with Ben-hadad ( 1 Kings 20:29-34 ), Ahab proposed to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, that …
93329 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Onesimus.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… a “faithful and beloved brother.” Paul offers to pay to Philemon anything his slave had taken, and to bear the wrong he had done him. He was accompanied on his return …
93330 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Palace.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the faith of a Christian comrade.”
93331 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pentateuch.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… no faith in this “higher criticism.” It degrades the books of the Old Testament below the level of fallible human writings, and the arguments on which its speculations …
93332 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pergamos.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , Christ’s “faithful martyr,” here sealed his testimony with his blood.
93333 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Peter.7 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of faith at Capernaum ( John 6:66-69 ), and again at Caesarea Philippi ( Matthew 16:13-20; Mark 8:27-30; Luke 9:18-20 ). This profession at Caesarea was one of supreme importance …
93334 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Phinehas.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… his faithfulness on that occasion he received the divine approbation ( Numbers 25:10-13 ). He afterwards commanded the army that went out against the Midianites …
93335 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Prayer.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the faith that God is, and is the hearer and answerer of prayer, and that he will fulfil his word, “Ask, and ye shall receive” ( Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8; Matthew 21:22; Mark …
93336 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Prophecy.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… perpetuate faith in his coming, and to prepare the world for that event. But there are many subordinate and intermediate prophecies also which hold an important …
93337 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Proportion of faith.1 (Matthew G. Easton)
Proportion of faith
93338 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Proportion of faith.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of faith — ( Romans 12:6 ). Paul says here that each one was to exercise his gift of prophecy, i.e., of teaching, “according to the proportion of faith.” The meaning is, that …
93339 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Proportion of faith.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of faith.”
93340 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Rainbow.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… divine faithfulness ( Genesis 9:12-17 ). It existed indeed before, but it was then constituted as a sign of the covenant. Others, however (as Delitzsch, Commentary …