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94601 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Golgotha.7

… good faith, the authenticity of the places which are hallowed by the prayers of countless pilgrims since the days of Constantine" (loc. cit.).

94602 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Goodness.3

… , goodness, faith" ( Galatians 5:22 ); "in all goodness and righteousness and truth" ( Ephesians 5:9 ); "all the good pleasure of his goodness," the Revised Version (British …

94603 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gospel.5

… contrition, faith, justification, renewal and sanctification, deals with facts of revelation and experience.

94604 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gospels, the Synoptic.43

… their faith and guided their action.

94605 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gospels, the Synoptic.62

… the faith of the community, which the oldest evangelist already shares, Jesus is the miraculous Son of God, in whom men believe, whom men put wholly on the side …

94606 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Grace.5

… that faith involves moral effort, and so may be thought of as a sort of a "work"; it is quite true that faith does something as a preparation for receiving God’s …

94607 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Great; Greatness.4

… thy faith" ( Matthew 15:28 ); "The greatest is charity" (love), the Revised Version, margin "greater" ( 1 Corinthians 13:13 ); "a great high priest" ( Hebrews 4:14 ); "the great shepherd …

94608 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ground; Grounded.8

… the faith, grounded and settled," the Revised Version (British and American) "steadfast," both themelioo, "to lay a foundation." In Ecclesiasticus 18:6 "ground" is …

94609 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Habakkuk.16

2. Faithfulness the Guarantee of Permanency

94610 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Habakkuk.31

… of faith. He possessed a strong, living faith in Yahweh; but he, like many other pious souls, was troubled and perplexed by the apparent inequalities of life …

94611 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Habakkuk.33

… his faith" (the American Revised Version, margin "faithfulness"). Faithfulness assures permanency. The thought expressed by the prophet is not identical with …

94612 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hagar.10

… by faith are Sarah’s children. Thus Hagar corresponds to "the Jerusalem that now is," that is, the Jewish state which is in spiritual bondage with her children …

94613 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Haggai.4

… great faith (compare 2:1-5); it is possible that he was a priest also (compare 2:10-19). Like Malachi he bears the name of "Yahweh’s messenger" (Heg 1:13; compare Malachi …

94614 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hananiah.14

(12) A governor of the castle, i.e. the birah or fortress, and by Nehemiah placed in charge of the whole city of Jerusalem, because "he was a faithful man, and feared God above many" ( Nehemiah 7:2 ).

94615 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Haran (2).2

… of faith to Canaan ( Genesis 12:1 ff). It was probably "the city of Nahor" to which Abraham’s servant came to find a wife for Isaac ( Genesis 24:10 ff). Hither came Jacob …

94616 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Healing, Gifts of.4

… the faith of the recipient of the blessing ( Mark 6:5 - 6; 10:52; Acts 14:9 )--faith not only in God but in the human agent ( Acts 3:4 ff; Acts 5:15; 9:17 ). The healer himself is a person …

94617 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Healing, Gifts of.5

… that faith in God, working through the soul upon the body, is the mightiest of all healing influences, and that one who by his own faith and sympathy and force …

94618 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Healing, Gifts of.6

… early faith and spirituality, but partly through the growth of an ascetic temper which ignored Christ’s gospel for the body and tended to the view that pain …

94619 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hebrews, Epistle to The.61

… by faith, does not appear in Hebrews. Faith is less the personal, mystical relation with Christ, that it is for Paul, than a general hope which lays hold of the …

94620 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hebrews, Epistle to The.74

… their faith and Christian life had been of a high order. They had a sound knowledge of the first principles of Christ ( Hebrews 6:1 ff). They had become "partakers …