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94921 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Life.35
… through faith ( 1 Timothy 1:16 ). It may be apprehended in this life ( 1 Timothy 6:12, 19 ). It is brought to light through the gospel ( 2 Timothy 1:10 ). It is a reward to those …
94922 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Life.36
… are faithful ( Revelation 2:7 ); and the crown of life is promised to those who are faithful unto death ( Revelation 2:10 ). The crown of life doubtless refers to the …
94923 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Life.38
… the faithful (1:12). This reward is the fullness of life’s possibilities hereafter. Our lifetime is mentioned in 4:14 and represented as brief as a vapor. Peter …
94924 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Life.40
… , Historic Faith; F.J.A. Hort, The Way, the Truth, the Life; J.G. Hoare, Life in John’s Gospels; E. White, Life and Christ; Salmond, The Christian Doctrine of Immortality …
94925 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Like; Liken; Likeness; Liking.3
… precious faith" of 2 Peter 1:1 by inserting "a" before "like." The King James Version’s rendering of 1 Peter 3:21, "the like figure whereunto," could not have been very …
94926 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Linen.5
… called Faithful and True ( Revelation 19:14 ). It is deemed a fitting symbol of the righteousness and purity of the saints ( Revelation 19:8 ).
94927 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Linus.2
… remained faithful to the apostle, even when most of the Christians had forsaken him. And writing to Timothy when he realized that his execution could not …
94928 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Literature, Sub-apostolic, 1.59
… some faithful presbyters. The writer seeks to procure their restoration and to heal the dissension. He quotes Old Testament examples of the evil issue of …
94929 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Literature, Sub-apostolic, 1.63
… through faith (chapter xxxii). But this faith (as in Paul’s writings) is a "faith which worketh" (chapter xxxv), and such justification is consistent with our being …
94930 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Literature, Sub-apostolic, 1.100
… his faith, that he had "served Christ for 86 years" (Mart. Pol., ix). He was disciple of John, who ordained him as bishop or leading presbyter of Smyrna before 100 AD …
94931 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Literature, Sub-apostolic, 2.29
… have faith, brethren and sisters. Had God recompensed the righteous speedily, we should have had training not in piety but in bargaining; and our uprightness …
94932 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Literature, Sub-apostolic, 2.34
… the faith, if the Epistle to Diognetus be not ancient. It is notable also as a treatise on Christian evidence drawn not from miraculous credentials, but from …
94933 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Literature, Sub-apostolic, 2.37
… such faith in Socrates as to die for his convictions." Christ hath won the faith, "not only of philosophers, but of simple folk who through faith can despise death …
94934 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Literature, Sub-apostolic, 2.51
… ." But faith in the Son of God now revealed, would lead to "knowledge of the Father"; knowledge of God to "love of Him who hath first so loved us"; and love of God to "imitation …
94935 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Logos.50
… Jewish faith inclines him to speak of the Logos as personal, while his Greek culture disposes him to an impersonal interpretation. Confronted with this …
94936 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Logos.84
… --Reason, Faith. Justin Martyr, the first of the sub-apostolic Fathers, sought to unite the Scriptural idea of the Logos as Word with the Hellenic idea of Reason …
94937 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Loins.4
… , and faithfulness the girdle of his loins" ( Isaiah 11:5 ). One of the most primitive modes of clothing consisted of a fleece tied around the loins ( Job 31:20 ).
94938 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lois.2
… unfeigned faith that there was in Timothy, and he adds that this faith dwelt at the first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice. This is the only passage …
94939 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lord's Prayer, The.2
… perseverance, faith and large expectation, and He gave them a model of devotion in the Lord’s prayer.
94940 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lord's Supper; (Eucharist).55
… in faith. Under the administration of the Spirit would these things be realized ( John 6:60 - 69 ). The institution of the Eucharist, later, gave the clue to these …