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1441 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1167.6 (Matthew Henry)
… by love; it gives a lustre in and by the offices of love, and induces others to commend its integrity. 2. The witnesses-brethren that came from Gaius testified …
1442 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1171.21 (Matthew Henry)
… , to reward their fidelity, and to punish those who fall away; they shall lose that crown which they once seemed to have a right to, which they hoped for, and pleased …
1443 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1190.7 (Matthew Henry)
… , and rewarder of the faith and holiness of his people, Revelation 22:13, 22:14. He is the first and the last, and the same from first to last, and so is his word too; and …
1444 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. תַּ֫חַת.2
… ye rewarded evil in exchange for good? 1 S 25:21; 2 S 16:12; 19:22 ψ 35:12 יְשַׁלְּמוּנִי רָעָה ת׳ טוֹבָה, 38:21 a 109:4, 5; Pr 17:13 +; Je 5:19 תַּחַת מֶה in return for what? (cf …
1445 Etymology dictionary, p. mercenary (n.).2
… ) "pay, reward, wages," from merx "wares, merchandise" (see market (n.)). Specifically "a professional soldier in foreign service" by mid-17c.
1446 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Blindness, Judicial.2
… rewards," with the result that "the fatherless" and "the widow" were helpless to have their grievances redressed ( Isaiah 1:23 ). A satisfactory reward would …
1447 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Children of God.32
… Father's love was to Him a source of knowledge and power ( John 5:20 ), the reward of His self-sacrifice ( John 10:17 ) and the inspiration of His love for men ( John 15 …
1448 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Corinthians, Second Epistle to The.37
… or reward? Was it a mark of fleshly cunning when he resolved not to be burdensome to them, while he accepted supplies from Macedonia? Ah! it was not because he …
1449 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cornfloor.2
… hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor" ( Hosea 9:1 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "hire upon every grainfloor"). Israel had …
1450 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Deborah.4
… due reward of praise for her heroic act. The paean vividly paints the waiting of Sisera's mother for the home-coming of the general; the delay is ascribed to …
1451 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Decease, in the Old Testament and Apocyphra.2
… of reward or punishment after death ( Psalms 88:10; Sirach 41:4 ), probably because the shades were supposed to be lacking the organs by which either reward or …
1452 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ethics, III.16
… is rewarded by long life and prosperity (Tobit). Legalism is the chief characteristic (Baruch), and Pharisaic ceremonialism on the one hand, and Sadducaic rationalism …
1453 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. God, 3.7
… ). He rewards the obedient ( Matthew 6:1; 7:21 ), forgives the disobedient ( Matthew 6:14; compare Matthew 18:35 ) and restores the prodigal ( Luke 15:11 ff). "Fatherhood is …
1454 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4c1.161
… supreme love to Himself. That love would be tested in the dearest relations, In itself peace, the gospel would be the innocent occasion of strife, enmity and …
1455 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Justification.50
… deserving reward. (3) When James is thinking of a deeper view, faith stands central in Christianity (1:3,6; 2:1; 5:15). (4) Paul also on his part is as anxious as James vitally …
1456 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Kingdom of God (of Heaven), The.45
… be rewarded in the world to come. The constant recognition of a spiritual and eternal world is one of the unfailing marks of genuine Christianity.
1457 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lazarus.10
… highly rewarded and honored in the next. It is the only instance of a proper name used in a parable by Jesus. Some think that he was a well-known mendicant in Jerusalem …
1458 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Life.38
… ). 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 in 1 Peter 3:7 speaks …
1459 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 1.69
… and loving care for all His creatures, but above all for those creatures who bear His own image; while His teachings concerning the Kingdom of God reveal a …
1460 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ruth.6
… faithful loving service of Ruth to her mother-in-law met with its due reward in the restored happiness of a peaceful and prosperous home-life for herself …