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95441 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Paul.5 (William Smith)
… of faith to the Gentiles.” And so the first missionary journey ended.
95442 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Paul.7 (William Smith)
… the faith and in past perils, Barnabas. Acts 15:35-40. Silas, or Silvanus, becomes now a chief companion of the apostle. The two went together through Syria and …
95443 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Paul.9 (William Smith)
… a faithful Jew, and this purpose is shown at every point of the history. Certain Jews from “Asia,” who had come up for the pentecostal feast, and who had a personal …
95444 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Peter.2 (William Smith)
… his faith and devotion, he displayed at the time, or immediately afterward, a more than usual deficiency in spiritual discernment and consistency. Toward …
95445 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Philemon.2 (William Smith)
… his faith. His character, as shadowed forth in the epistle to him, is one of the noblest which the sacred record makes known to us.
95446 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Philemon The Epistle of Paul to.2 (William Smith)
… the faith. The Epistle to Philemon has one peculiar feature—its æsthetical character it may be termed—which distinguishes it from all the other epistles …
95447 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Philippians Epistle to the.2 (William Smith)
… his faithful Philippians, where he spent some days at Easter, a.d. 58, with St. Luke, who accompanied him when he sailed from Neapolis. Once more, in his Roman captivity …
95448 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Philosophy.4 (William Smith)
… , if faith asserts its prerogative, the distinction is sharply marked. Of the various classifications of the Greek schools which have been proposed, the simplest …
95449 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Poetry Hebrew.5 (William Smith)
… of faith, hope, distrust, triumphant confidence and black despair, in the struggle which it depicts the human mind as engaged in while attempting to solve …
95450 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Priest.8 (William Smith)
… true faith. They were, on the other hand, as far as possible removed from the condition of a wealthy order.
95451 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Proselyte.2 (William Smith)
… their faith. The converts who were thus attracted joined, with varying strictness, in the worship of the Jews. In Palestine itself, even Roman centurions learned …
95452 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Proselyte.3 (William Smith)
… the faith. The proselyte was placed in a tank or pool up to his neck in water. His teachers, who now acted as his sponsors, repeated the great commandments of the …
95453 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Psalms Book of.7 (William Smith)
… and faithfulness, his holiness and righteousness. The Psalms not only set forth the perfections of God: they proclaim also the duty of worshipping him by …
95454 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Rahab.2 (William Smith)
… “by faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace,” Hebrews 11:31; and St. James fortifies his doctrine …
95455 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Rainbow.2 (William Smith)
… God’s faithfulness and mercy. In the “rainbow around the throne,” Revelation 4:3, is seen the symbol of hope and the bright emblem of mercy and love, all the more …
95456 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Reuben.3 (William Smith)
… the faith of Jehovah. The last historical notice which we possess of them, while it records this fact, records also as its natural consequence that they and …
95457 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Sabbath.2 (William Smith)
… for faith in a personal and creating God. It was to be a sacred pause in the ordinary labor by which man earns his bread; the curse of the fall was to be suspended …
95458 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Sacrifice.6 (William Smith)
… imperfect faith, be means of conveying in some degree the blessings of the antitype. It is clear that the atonement, in the Epistle to the Hebrews, as in the New …
95459 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Sadducees.2 (William Smith)
… his faithful people by word of mouth, although not in writing, the revelation of a future state of rewards and punishments.
95460 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Sarah.3 (William Smith)
… of faith in Hebrews 11:11 .