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94181 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jacob (1).51
… by faith--by awakening and nourishing in him a simple trust in the truth and power of the Divine word. For Jacob was not at any time in his career indifferent …
94182 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jacob (1).53
… and faithfulness.
94183 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jacob (1).57
… of faith.
94184 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jacob (1).62
… end faith has triumphed over sight, the future over present good, a yet unpossessed but Divinely promised Canaan over all the comfort and honors of Egypt …
94185 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jacob (1).64
… personal faith in its Divine Giver; and to supplement his "faith" by that "patience" without which none can "inherit the promises." The faith that accepts was to …
94186 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jacob (1).65
… of faith and patience, of renunciation and consecration, that appear with growing clearness on the pages of Isaiah, of Habakkuk, of Jeremiah, of Malachi. This …
94187 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jacob (1).70
… of faith, focuses his glass for a moment upon Jacob: first, as sharing with Abraham and Isaac the promise of God and the life of unworldly, expectant faith ( Hebrews …
94188 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jairus (2).2
… great faith of Jairus, who besought of Jesus that He should but lay His hand upon the maid and she should live. According to Matthew she was already dead when …
94189 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.22
… of faithfulness and patience and prayer are found in Old Testament characters, in Abraham (2:21), Rahab (2:25), Job ( James 5:11 ),and Elijah ( James 5:17 - 18 ). The whole atmosphere …
94190 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.28
… of faith, and Peter of hope. This writer is the apostle of good works, the apostle of the wisdom which manifests itself in peace and purity, mercy and morality …
94191 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.30
… and faith, and the head of the church at Jerusalem would be recognized by them as their chief authority. The authoritative tone of this epistle comports well …
94192 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.31
… morality, faithful in his observance of all the ritual regulations of the Jewish faith. Hegesippus tells us that he was holy from his mother's womb. He drank …
94193 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.38
… of faith, and his convictions are like driftwood on a sea of doubt (1:6). Then he notices that the great ships are turned about by a small rudder, and he thinks how …
94194 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.41
… absolutely faithful to his memory of his brother's teaching. He is the servant of Jesus in all his exhortation and persuasion.
94195 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.42
… he faith cometh to pass; he shall have it" ( Mark 11:23 )? James hastens to add the same condition, "Let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like …
94196 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.43
… Christian faith, "Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold trials" (1:12, the American Revised Version margin). We remember how Jesus proceeded …
94197 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.50
… through faith .... not of works, that no man should glory" ( Ephesians 2:8 - 9 ). "We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law" ( Romans …
94198 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.51
… by faith. How can that be possible? The faith meant by James is the faith of a dead orthodoxy, an intellectual assent to the dogmas of the church which does not …
94199 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.52
… precede faith and are dead works. With James, the faith he denounces is apart from works and is a dead faith.
94200 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.53
… his faith in Romans: God "will render to every man according to his works: to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal …