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95021 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Oath.5

… and faithful witness amongst us" ( Jeremiah 42:5 ). Usually the penalty invoked by the oath was only suggested: "Yahweh (or God) do so to me" ( Ruth 1:17; 2 Samuel 3:9, 35; 1 Kings …

95022 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Obedience of Christ.6

… , through faith, in his blood" ( Romans 3:25 ). His lifelong obedience enters in chiefly as making and marking Him the "Lamb without blemish and without spot," who alone …

95023 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Obedience; Obey.5

… of faith in God and reverence for Him. The Old Testament conception of obedience was vital. It was the one important relationship which must not be broken …

95024 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Obedience; Obey.9

… of faith in Christ. Indeed, it is so vitally related that they are in some cases almost synonymous. "Obedience of faith" is a combination used by Paul to express …

95025 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Offence; Offend.5

… of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin"; so 1 Corinthians 8:13; Romans 16:17, "Mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary …

95026 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Olive Tree.9

… to faith in Yahweh ( Habakkuk 3:17 ). Olive oil is extensively used as food, morsels of bread being dipped into it in eating; also medicinally ( Luke 10:34; James 5:14 …

95027 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Omnipotence.13

… to faith ( Matthew 17:20 : "Nothing shall be impossible unto you"; Mark 9:23 : "All things are possible to him that believeth"), because faith puts the divine power at …

95028 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Omnipotence.18

… of faith. On the other hand it is productlye of that specifically religious state of consciousness which Scripture calls "the fear of Yahweh." Omnipotence …

95029 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Onesimus.6

… a "faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you," and he goes on to say that Tychicus and Onesimus will make known to them all things that have happened to Paul …

95030 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Operation.2

… , through faith, raised to newness of life ( Colossians 2:12 the King James Version).

95031 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 1.61

… a "faithful messenger," and the reference is to the use of snow for cooling wine, which is still usual at Damascus. The notice of fever on the shores of the Sea of …

95032 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Paphos.7

… new faith, and was met by Paul (it is at this point that the name is first introduced) with a scathing denunciation and a sentence of temporary loss of sight. The …

95034 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Parousia.32

… , is faithful to the essentials of the predictions. Nor is it a rationalization of them, if the idea of the church itself be not rationalized. With this conception …

95035 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Parthians.4

… remained faithful to the Persians after that, and submitted to Alexander without resistance.

95036 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pastoral Epistles.20

… Christian faith and doctrine and practice generally.

95037 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pastoral Epistles.32

… Christian faith was not a forbidden or illegal religion, but that the formal impeachment of the apostle before the supreme court of the empire ended in his …

95038 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pastoral Epistles.46

… true faith; the church accordingly is described as "the pillar and stay of the truth" ( 1 Timothy 3:15 margin), that is, the immovable depository of the Divine revelation …

95039 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pastoral Epistles.63

… word "faith" "is not employed in its profound Pauline sense, but is used to signify one of the cardinal virtues, along with love, peace, purity, righteousness, sanctification …

95040 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pastoral Epistles.64

… with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners …