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94221 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baptismal Regeneration.18

faith. It is not more difficult for the Holy Spirit to work faith in infants by baptism, than in adults by the preaching of the gospel. And infant faith, though …

94222 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barak.2

… of faithful tribes--Barak, accompanied by Deborah, rushed to the summit of Mt. Tabor. This location was very favorable to the rudely armed Israelites in warding …

94223 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bar-jesus.3

… new faith, found their task easy through the credulity of the public. Babylonia was the home of magic, for charms are found on the oldest tablets. "Magos" was originally …

94224 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bar-jesus.4

… the faith" ( Acts 13:8 ). Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, worked a wonder on the wonder-worker by striking him blind with his word, thus revealing to the proconsul …

94225 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barnabas.3

… of faith," traits that gave him influence and leadership. Possibly on the ground of former acquaintanceship, interceding as Paul’s sponsor and surety, he …

94226 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baruch.3

… ) and faithful attendant ( Jeremiah 36:10 ff; Josephus, Ant, X, vi, Jeremiah 2:1 - 37 ) of the prophet Jeremiah. He seems to have been of noble family (see Ant, X, ix, 1; compare …

94227 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Beholding.2

… the faithful every spiritual vision which they enjoyed ("we made known unto you").

94228 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bel, and the Dragon.53

… strong faith in supernatural intervention on behalf of the pious. Apart from this incident the two stories steer fairly clear of anything that is supernatural …

94229 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bel, and the Dragon.53

… strong faith in supernatural intervention on behalf of the pious. Apart from this incident the two stories steer fairly clear of anything that is supernatural …

94231 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Believers.2

… their faith in Christ, and attached themselves to the Christian church. The one essential condition of admission into the Christian community was, that …

94232 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Between the Testaments.29

… Tauistic faith was Confucius, the sage of China, a contemporary of Buddha, while Zoroaster in Persia laid the foundations of his dualistic world-view. In every …

94233 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Between the Testaments.34

… , a faithful high priest, was expelled from office through the machinations of his brother Jesus or Jason ( 2 Maccabees 4:7 - 10 ). Onias went to Egypt, where at Heliopolis …

94234 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Between the Testaments.38

… national faith, must have been radically affected by the terrible cataclysms which mark their history, during the four centuries before Christ. What, if …

94235 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Between the Testaments.41

… true faith never died in the heart of the true believer. The second is the Book of Enoch, a production of an apocalyptic nature, named after Enoch the patriarch …

94236 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bible, The, I-III Introduction.88

… Christian faith, equal in authority with the Old Scriptures, and ratified (as it seemed) by a tradition reaching back to the date of their composition" (op. cit …

94237 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bible, The, IV Canonicity.36

… through faith. He exhibits first the objective side of this redemption in the deliverance from condemnation effected through Christ’s reconciling death …

94238 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bible, The, IV Canonicity.37

… of faith to Jewish legalism, and the apostle, sorely grieved, writes this powerful letter to rebuke their faithlessness, and recall them to their allegiance …

94239 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bible, The, IV Canonicity.42

… on faith and works, which led Luther to speak slightingly of it, is only verbal. Paul, too, held that a dead faith avails nothing ( 1 Corinthians 13:2; Galatians 5 …

94240 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bible, The, V Inspiration.10

… through faith which is in Christ Jesus" ( 2 Timothy 3:15 )--its profitableness "for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness …