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95661 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Appoint, Appointed.20

… for faithful believers. It is rendered "set" in Luke 2:34 and Philippians 1:16, RV, where the sense is the same. The verb is a perfect tense, used for the perfect Passive …

95662 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Apprehend.3

… of faith, Romans 9:30 (not there a matter of attainment, as in the Eng. versions, but of appropriation); of the obtaining of a prize, 1 Corinthians 9:24 (RV, "attain"); of …

95663 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Assurance, Assure, Assuredly.3

… , "offered faith" does not express the meaning). Cp. 1 Timothy 5:12, where "faith" means "pledge." See BELIEF, FAITH, FIDELITY.

95664 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Assurance, Assure, Assuredly.5

… the faith by which we are to draw near to God. See FULLNESS.

95665 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Assurance, Assure, Assuredly.12

… Abraham's faith. In Romans 14:5 it is said of the apprehension of the will of God. So in Colossians 4:12 in the best mss. In these three places it is used subjectively …

95666 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Attain.3

… the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God; in Philippians 3:11, of the paramount aims of the Apostle's life, "if by any means," he says, "I might attain unto the …

95667 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Attain.5

… of faith, in contrast to the present condition of Israel; in 1 Corinthians 9:24, of securing a prize, RV, "attain," for AV, "obtain." See APPREHEND.

95668 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Author.5

… of faith," He is represented as the one who takes precedence in faith and is thus the perfect exemplar of it. The pronoun "our" does not correspond to anything …

95669 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Avoid.5

… the faith, have turned aside unto vain talking; in 2 Timothy 5:15, of those who have turned aside after Satan; in 2 Timothy 6:20, RV, of "turning away from (AV, 'avoiding …

95670 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Behold, Beheld.7

… of faith from them, Matthew 6:26. See also Matthew 19:26; Mark 8:25; Mark 10:21, 27; Mark 14:67; Luke 20:17; Luke 22:61; John 1:36; of the Lord's looking upon Peter, John 1:42; Acts …

95671 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Behove.3

… and faithful High Priest. See BOUND, DEBT, DUE, DUTY, GUILTY, INDEBTED, MUST, NEED, OUGHT, OWE.

95672 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Belief, Believe, Believers.8

"faith," is translated "belief" in Romans 10:17; 2 Thessalonians 2:13. Its chief significance is a conviction respecting God and His Word and the believer's relationship to Him. See ASSURANCE, FAITH, FIDELITY.

95673 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Belief, Believe, Believers.9

Note: In 1 Corinthians 9:5 the word translated "believer" (RV), is adelphe, "a sister," so 1 Corinthians 7:15; Romans 16:1; James 2:15, used, in the spiritual sense, of one connected by the tie of the Christian faith.

95674 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Belief, Believe, Believers.11

… , "trusty, faithful, trustworthy." It is translated "believer" in 2 Corinthians 6:15; "them that believe" in 1 Timothy 4:12, RV (AV, "believers"); in 1 Timothy 5:16, "if any woman …

95675 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Belief, Believe, Believers.12

Notes: (1) The corresponding negative verb is apisteo, 2 Timothy 2:13, AV, "believe not" RV, "are faithless," in contrast to the statement "He abideth faithful."

95676 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Breastplate.3

… ; of faith and love, 1 Thessalonians 5:8, with perhaps a suggestion of the two parts, front and back, which formed the coat of mail (an alternative term for the word …

95677 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Cast.48

… the faith)," Titus 1:16, "reprobate." See REJECT, REPROBATE.

95678 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. CircuMcIsion, Uncircumcision, Circumcise.5

… , and faith is the sole condition upon which the favor of God in salvation is to be obtained, Romans 10:11 - 13; 1 Corinthians 7:19. See also Romans 4:9 - 12 " * [* From Notes …

95679 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Common, Commonly.3

… ; of faith, Titus 1:4; of salvation, Jude 1:3; it stands in contrast to idios, "one's own;" (b) "ordinary, belonging to the generality, as distinct from what is peculiar to …

95680 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Communion.3

… of faith, Philemon 1:6, and finding expression in joint ministration to the needy, Romans 15:26; 2 Corinthians 8:4; 2 Corinthians 9:13; Hebrews 13:16, and in the furtherance …